I used to use a wall tent, but have been trying to cut down on bulk and weight the last few years. Now we typically bring a small personal tent each, and a tarp to build a lean to as a cooking/sitting/dry out area with a fire in front of it.
I was on a pack trip earlier this fall (lots of horses and lots of gear) and we had a 16X16 pyramid tent with 6′ walls, it was nice, no heavier than my 12X14 wall tent, and way easier to set up. A few of the folks had “tipitents” with fold up woodstoves that they used in them, they all seemed to like them. Here’s the tipitents in front of the pyramid tent we used for the main cooktent:
Here’s my camp last week:
