Black Diamond designs and manufactures a complete line of authentic, inspired, performance equipment for rock climbers, ice climbers, boulderers, alpinists and backcountry, telemark, alpine and freeride skiers. We're a company of users, dedicated to our passions of climbing and skiing. Crafting gear is a journey. It's starting with a raw idea, forging a way to make it happen, and ultimately, honing the result to perfection.

Our products for rock climbing and ice climbing/alpinsim include: Carabiners such as the Oz, Dynotron, LiveWire, HotWire, Positron, Neutrino, Quicksilver, OvalWire, Light D and Oval; quickdraws like the FireWire, QuickWire and FreeWire; locking carabiners including the RockLock, VaporLock, Airlock, Mini Pearabiner, Positron Screwgate and Quicksilver Screwgate; a complete line of headlamps including the Icon, Vectra IQ, Zenix IQ, Helion, Polar Star, Spot, Camo Spot, Cosmo, Moxie, Gizmo, Wiz, Lunar and Ion, as well as protection such as Camalots, C3s, hexes, Wired Hexentrics, Stoppers, Micro Stoppers, Lost Arrows, Angles, Bugaboos, Knifeblades, Talons, Peckers, Cliffhangers and the Grappling Hook. Our climbing harnesses are based on comfort versatility and simplicity. Black Diamond makes kids harnesses like the Kid's A-Bod and the Wiz Kid, adustable leg harnesses including the Momentum AL, Momentum Speed, Focus AL, Focus Speed, padded harnesses like the Chaos and Blizzard and lightweight mountaineering harnesses such as the Alpine Bod. The ATC, ATC-XP and ATC-Guide are some of the most innovative belay/rappel devices anywhere, or you can use a Super 8 belay/rappel device instead. BD also manufactures runners and slings for all your needs as well as a nut tool and pulley for removing pro and lugging gear. Our Single and Cliff Cabana Portaledges are great for those long nights on the wall, don't forget the Simple or Deluxe Flys for when it rains. Our new nForce Ascenders and Rotor along with the Bosun's Chair, Wall Organizer, Rope Bucket round out our Big Wall line. If you're bouldering, check out our line of gear for the boulders including crash pads like the Mondo, Drop Zone, Impact or Satellite and our great collection of chalk products such as the Robi Dog, Survivor, Barf Bag, Chalkboy, Sputnik, Gorilla, Garbage Bag, Boulevard Bag, BlockBox, BD Brush Set and Necessaire. To keep your forearms and hands in shape we recommend our Chinese Exercise Balls and Forearm Trainer. If you need a Daisy Chain or Etrier, we make those too. Black Diamond sells Beal climbing ropes manufactured for any need: dry ropes, dynamic ropes, static ropes (for hauling only), as well as webbing and cord. For both rock and alpine climbing we make helmets for adults and kids including the Tracer, Half Dome and Kid's Tracer. For alpinism and ice climbing: Ice axes like the Fusion, Reactor, Cobra and Viper with Fusion Picks, Laser Picks, Titan Picks or piolets like the Venon Hammer, Venom Adze, Raven, Raven Ultra and Raven Pro and crampons like the Cyborg, Sabretooth Pro, Sabretooth Clip, Serac Pro, Serac Clip, Serac Strap, Contact Strap, Neve Pro, Neve Strap and Raptor. Turbo Express Ice Screws are the fastest, easiest-to-place ice screw this side of the Pleistocene and the unique Spectre is invaluable in key situations. Don't forget the gaiters and gloves, we manufacture a full line of both for climbing or skiing featuring materials such as Schoeller Dynamic, Gore-Tex, Gore WindStopper, Diamond-Tek, Stretch Thinsulate, Polartec and PrimaLoft. Our glove line includes the Guide, Women's Guide, Prodigy, Patrol, Women's Patrol, Patrol Mitt, Women's Patrol Mitt, Kingpin, Element, Women's Element, System Shell GTX, System Tour GTX, System Alpine GTX, Stratos, Women's Stratos, Mercury Mitt, Women's Mercury Mitt, Glissade, Women's Glissade, Dry Tool, WindStopper Tech, Jetstream, Women's Jetstream, Powerstretch, Ice, Punisher and Deviant. Our fine line of gaiters includes the Sportee, Termigaiter, GTX FrontPoint, Alpine and GTX Alpine. Need a pack for all that gear? Our packs come suited for climbing and skiing, whether you're climbing the big stone or humping gear to the base. Try the Quantum, Speed, RPM, Flash, Predator, Sphynx, Jackal, Demon, Dart, Sidewinder, Hollowpoint, Magnum, Bullet, Bbee, Prowler lumbar packs, Boa, Boa Duffle, SuperSlacker, Touchstone Haul Bag, Zion Haul Bag or Stubby Haul Bag. For winter exploits we make the Anarchist with AvaLung, the Covert with AvaLung, the Anarchist, Covert, Revelation and Slide. Our line of trekking poles includes the Spire, Syncro, Terra CF, Contour, Switchback, Alpine CF, Alpine CF Solo, Enduro CF, Trail and Syncline. For skiing and skinning we make these FlickLock and Binary models, the Adjustable Probe Pole, Carbon Fiber Pole, Fixed Length Pole, Expedition Pole, Traverse Pole, Whippet Self-Arrest Pole, along with BD 3/4 Baskets and Powder Baskets. The Mega Light, Mega Bug, Betamid, Beta Light and Beta Bug are minimalist shelters for going light and fast. We also manufacture Bibler Tents, single wall tents for the hardcore that include the Bombshelter, Fitzroy, Ahwahnee, Tempest, Eldorado, I-Tent and Pueblo. Our Superlight series of tents is revolutionary and includes the Guiding Light, Skylight, Lighthouse, Firstlight, HiLight and OneShot and our new double-wall tents like the Vista and Mesa are two of the finest 3-season tents on the market. We also make a fine collection of bivy sacks and solo shelters like the Tripod Bivy, Bipod Bivy, Big Wall Hooped Bivy, Hooped Bivy, Lightsabre Bivy and Winter Bivy. Our line of apparel includes climbing specific pants and shorts, killer t-shirts, everything you'd need for a day at the crag. For skiing we offer a full line of awesome skis like the Verdict, Havoc, Lyric, Crossbow, Ethic, Mystic and Frantic. We've recently introduced our new KiloWatt as well. We make a range of bindings to use on our skis including the O1, O2 and O3 tele bindings, the Fritschi Diamir Freeride Plus and Explore. Our fine line of skins include Ascension ClipFix, Ascension Standard, Ascension STS, Ascension STS Pre-trimmed, GlideLite STS, GlideLite Standard and GlideLite Kickers, along with a bunch of accessories and treatments. For avalanche safety we make the AvaLung as well as the Deploy and Transfer shovels and QuickDraw Probes like the Carbon Fiber Probe 230, Guide Probe 300, Super Tour Probe 265 and Tour Probe 190.