You might be thinking, “Just what we need, another pop-top truck camper.” Well, that was my first thought when I first stumbled across the Lone Peak Camper. But, at a starting price under $6,000, it’s hard to ignore.
My second thought was, is this a race to the bottom? Is the pop-top truck camper market saturated, or can a new player find a niche within the niche? Big questions, that really only time will answer.
I’ve been talking with Lone Peak’s founder, Kyle Hart, for many months now about his latest business project, Lone Peak. I also recently got to crawl around the Lone Peak Camper prototype (pictured here) myself. What I found is that this new entrant into the crowded pop-top truck camper market is going to be a great fit for a lot of people, and is particularly impressive because of its price point.

Lone Peak Camper Specs
- Price: $5,995 MSRP (special until November 28, 2022, $4,995)
- Availability: Deliveries begin June 2023
- Fitment: 90% of mid- and full-size trucks
- Built/Made: Assembled in Wenatchee, Wash., with Asian parts
- Construction: Aluminum extrusions, aluminum composite panels, and stainless steel
- Weight: About 315 lbs.
- Dimensions: 10′ overall length, cab-over is 8″ thick and sits 2″ above truck cab
- Included mattress: 80″ long x 4″ thick, 54″ wide for full-size trucks and 50″ wide on mid-size trucks
- Available accessories: Lighting, gear vault storage, grab handles, load bars, cab passthrough window, laser light bars, roof fans
- Future accessories: Awnings, diesel heater, bench, wireless switch box

Lone Peak Camper: Origin Story
Hart is an adventurer and camps out of his vehicle dozens of nights a year, mostly to dirt bike and hunt with his friends. On one fateful dirt bike/hunting trip near Mt. Rainier, Wash., Hart and his crew came back to their pickup and found it to be stripped of its roof rack, rooftop tent, and motorcycle trailer.
After returning home and to his day job as owner and lead product designer for Rhino Camera Gear, Hart did some research on wedge-style campers. He was looking for campers that might give him the rooftop tent accommodations he loved while also providing a more secure area to lock valuables, in a more securely attached to the truck product. He was disheartened to find that most pop-top truck campers cost upward of $10,000, which was well out of his budget.

Lone Peak Camper: Design

Shakedown
Lone Peak Camper: First Impressions
