Struggling with Tent Options

Right now my tent is like a 6 year old North Face Rock 22 2p tent. It's about 5.6 pounds.

I am tent shopping for another 2p tent and I was all set on the Nemo Hornet UL2, because I want a freestanding tent, but really it's not freestanding I've come to find. I found the same thing in the Fly Creek.
So that brought me to the Copper Spur 2p or the Hubba Hubba. However I really don't want that extra pound. I'm not counting grams, but I do want a small light tent. I'm looking at the Mountain Hardware Ghost 2p and that looks like it's actually freestanding.

The reason I'm so set on a true freestanding tent is that I live in the Tahoe area and there is a lot of granite faces in the back country. I don't want to have to deal with finding rocks in order to set my guy lines. I have an Atmos 50 pack, and I'm looking to do 2-4 day backcountry hike/peak bagging/backcountry fishing trips.

Any advice on tents?

(I don't want to tarp tent. And I'm pretty much limited to Nemo, Mountain Hardware, Big Agnes, North Face, MSR for brands.)

(Any 0deg to 15deg sleeping bag advice in those brands would be appreciated too. I want it to be as packable as possible.)

Thanks.