Coming next spring to a campsite near you is the new Yakima SkyRise roof-top tent. Available in two sizes, the SkyRise will sleep up to three people on the included foam mattress. Underneath the water shedding rain fly are large mesh panels, making cloudless nights cool, breezy and perfect for star gazing.
It installs without tools onto their Base Rack system, and locks into place using their standard key cores, so you can match them to the rest of your Yakima equipment and use a single key…
Both sizes use a lightweight, breathable 210D nylon tent body that’s certified fire-resistant and a 210D nylon rainfly with waterproof PU coating. It pops open, then is raised using spring steel rainfly poles. Inside is a 2.5-inch high-density foam mattress with waterproof bottom. They install tool-free onto any cross bar system, Yakima or otherwise. We’ll get more details about it’s operation at Interbike next week, but here’s the specs:
SkyRise Medium
- Dimensions: 56” x 96” x 48” H (expanded); 56” x 48” x 12” (folded)
- Weight: 90 lbs.
- Sleeps 3 adults
- MSRP: $1,349
- Available: Spring 2017
SkyRise Small
- Dimensions: 48” x 84” x 42” H (expanded); 48” x 42” x 12” (folded)
- Weight: 75 lbs.
- Sleeps 2 adults
- MSRP: $999
- Available: Spring 2017
If you’re just looking to sit out in the open and have a little shade (or rain blockage), the new Slim Shady is a roof-mounted, roll out awning. It’s thin, mounting to the very edge of the base rack so as not to take up space for roof boxes, bikes, etc. Rolled out it provides 36 square feet of coverage (6.5′ x 6.5′), supported by two collapsible prop poles and guy-lines. It, too, has tool free installation and can use Yakima’s locking mounts. Retail is $269, weight is 20lbs, available Spring 2017.
