So many things appears to be unclear !
I agree.
My conclusion about the skis: https://dyatlovpass.com/controversy#skis
Tent: https://dyatlovpass.com/controversy#tent
The stove was used for heating only. They were cooking on a fire built over a pit in the snow, logs on top. Much like the one found under the cedar tree. If they had decided to pitch the tent where it was found that would have been a what they call cold night - no fire. They would have to carry the wood from the forest. This is what doesn't make sense - why pitch the tent on the top if there is forest on both sides. They were coming from the south and had spare time to make it over the ridge and pitch the tent on the other side, where the bodies were found.
(https://dyatlovpass.com/resources/340/gallery/Tent.jpg)