A large mesh panel over the head of the Bristlecone Bivy provides excellent ventilation while maintaining full bug protection. Sleeping pad attachment points on the floor keep your sleeping pad in place and allow you to integrate your Katabatic Gear sleeping bag with your bivy. The Bristlecone Bivy is lightweight, easy to use, and highly breathable, making it perfect for tarp camping or use under a floorless shelter.
Bristlecone Bivy
$155.00 – $165.00
The Bristlecone Bivy provides a waterproof floor with a water resistant upper to protect your sleeping bag from spray and mist. This versatile bivy features a continuous zipper extending from waist level all the way across the top, allowing for easy entry and exit.
Extra Long #3 YKK Zipper – Extra long zipper with dual zipper pulls allows easy entry and exit.
Large Mesh Panel – The large mesh panel over your head provides excellent ventilation.
Bathtub Style Floor – Reduced seams in the floor for increased weather resistance.
Generous Sizing – Standard width fits lofty 3+ season bags and full length 20 inch wide air mattress, Wide size fits winter bags and 25 inch wide air mattress, such as Therm-A-Rest® NeoAir™ Large.
Waterproof CORDURA® Silnylon Floor – Lightweight and resilient, the silicone coating impregnates the fabric creating a waterproof fabric that will absorb little moisture.
Pertex Quantum Upper – This highly breathable, water resistant fabric features a long lasting DWR coating that outperforms and outlasts other DWR treatments.
Sleeping Pad Attachment Points – Tie your sleeping pad in place through the pad attachment rings to keep it secure in the bivy.
Integrates with Katabatic Gear Sleeping Bags – The Cord Clip locations on our sleeping bags line up with the pad attachment rings in our bivys. Tie your pad in place in your bivy, then simply clip your sleeping bag onto the same cords.
Full Bug Protection – Full bug protection keeps the creepy crawlies at bay, making the bivy ideal for use under a tarp or floor less shelter.
Overhead Elastic Hang Loop – Easily suspend the shell fabric off your face.
Hang Loops in the Corners – Ribbon loops in the corners facilitate drying or allow staking.
Made in Colorado – We take pride in a quality product made in the USA.
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2mm Cords for attaching your sleeping pad and Katabatic Gear sleeping
| Specs | Small | Regular | Long | Regular Wide | Long Wide |
| Fits To | 5'6" | 6' | 6'6" | 6' | 6'6" |
| Weight | 7.2 oz | 7.5 oz | 8.1 oz | 9.1 oz | 9.7 oz |
| Length | 79 inches | 85 inches | 91 inches | 87 inches | 93 inches |
| Shoulder Girth | 76 inches | 76 inches | 76 inches | 88 inches | 88 inches |
| Foot Girth | 54 inches | 54 inches | 54 inches | 68 inches | 68 inches |
| Price | $155 | $155 | $155 | $165 | $165 |
Pertex Quantum Nano Ripstop .9oz/yd
We use this version of Pertex Quantum for the shell on our bivy sacks. Slightly heavier than the fabric we use on our sleeping bags, it has increased abrasion resistance and tear strength. The excellent DWR treatment ensures long lasting weather resistance while maintaining excellent breathability.
CORDURA® Silnylon 1.4oz/yd
Our CORDURA® Silnylon is a 30 denier high tenacity nylon ripstop that has been double coated with silicone. This silicone impregnation creates a fabric waterproof to 2 psi, as well as increasing its tear strength. With a finished weight of only 1.4oz/yd this fabric is very strong for its weight, perfect for the floor of our lightweight bivys. The use of the highest quality materials rank the Bristlecone among the best bivys for sale today.
STP –
Very satisfied after spending 4 consecutive nights in it. I didn’t experience any rain but I am guessing I will need to use a tarp to stay dry in those situations, particularly over the face.
Michael –
Love the details. This bivy is perfect, paired with my dcf tarp in the backcountry. The pertex breaths amazingly well. No condensation issues.
TP –
Used this for the first time for a 5 night walk. The bivy is very well made with great materials. It did the job i wanted it to: keeping the mozzies away and adding to the warmth so i fould carry a lighter quilt. It did slide around on the tyvek, and my mattress slid around inside. Next time I’ll be staking the bivy and anchoring the mattress to the anchor points inside the bivy.
Sean –
The design is very good and the materials are great. The only critique I have is that the material slides very easily on tyvek if you are on any sort of slope. This can be remedied by staking the bivy well but just something to keep in mind if you use it with a tyvek ground cloth. Katabatic is a fantastic brand and I’m very happy with everything I’ve bought from them so far.
Noah –
It’s dope…..
Linda –
If you are looking for a bivy that is extremely compact and light weight, and very well made, this is the one.
Ph –
This is an awesome UL bivy. I’ve used it for years and love the protection it provides my down bag under a tarp. The materials and construction are very high quality. My only complaint is that the zipper often gets snagged in the hang loop near my head. Great job KG!
Andrew Martin –
This bivy is well made and designed except for one thing. The zipper goes across the top of the head and when I compared it with a similar bivy that has the zipper going across your chin that was a much better design. It makes it easier to zip open and closed and when you are not using the netting which is most of the time for me it will stay under your head. With the Katabatic design the netting want to flip back over your head as you move around. Also didn’t like that they sewed tabs on through the floor to connect to a pad or bag. Apart from that the design and craftsmanship is excellent but the design flaw was a deal breaker for me and I returned it.