As the name suggest the MSR Blizzard Sand Stake Tent peg performs at its best in sandy or snowy conditions but will also stay firm in reasonably soft muddy ground where thin tent pegs may pull out. Like all of MRS’s aluminium tent pegs they are coloured red and while that tends to identify them as MSR pegs, even when they are not, the colour does make it very easy to find when you are packing up as well as when you are walking around your tent and the standard silver pegs get lost in the background.
The pegs are 24cm long and have a slightly curved flat profile which gives them their gripping power. They weight in at a hefty 32 grams each which is more than double the well known MSR Groundhog stakes.
