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• Tobin Seagel: Chasing Dreams in the Monashee Mountains

  BD Ambassador Tobin Seagel recently spent four days in the BC backcountry with a crew he thought he had nothing in common with … until they all skied some “unifying” powder. Lire la suite >

• BD athletes Kyle Dempster and Hayden Kennedy report on their first ascent of K7's east face

  Black Diamond athletes Kyle Dempster and Hayden Kennedy are on a three-month alpine mission to the mountains of Pakistan. They teamed up with Urban Novak to finish the unclimbed east face of K7. Lire la suite >

• Les athlètes Black D Sonnie Trotter et Alex Honnold grimpent en une journée 23 longueurs de 5.13a au Mexique

  Black Diamond athletes Sonnie Trotter and Alex Honnold can climb 5.13. That wasn't going to be the issue. Climb a 28-pitch 5.13 in Mexico in a day? Now that was going to be a challenge. Lire la suite >

• Nalle Hukkataival’s U.S. bouldering tour

  BD athlete Nalle Hukkataival spent two months in the U.S. this past fall, chasing temps, repeating classics and tracking down first ascents. Lire la suite >

• Nalle Hukkataival bouldering Grampians, Australia

  BD athlete Nalle Hukkataival has just wrapped up his bouldering trip to Australia's Grampians and sent us the follow report and photos. Sounds like he really scored on the trip. Lire la suite >

• Carlo Traversi: A Video Guide to Fontainebleau’s Hard Classics—Part 1

  Nous partons avec l’athlète BD Carlo Traversi pour un petit tour virtuel de ses blocs favoris dans la forêt magique de Fontainebleau. Lire la suite >

• BD athlete Nik Berry reports on new 5.14 Big Wall on Wyoming's Mt. Hooker

  This past summer, BD athletes Nik Berry and Mason Earle teamed up with wall ace Dave Allfrey for a trip deep into Wyoming's Wind River Range where they established a new 5.14 on Mt. Hooker. Lire la suite >

• Bouldering in Namibia: Nils Favre's Quest for Quality

  Namibia has its share of wildlife and sand dunes, but, until recently, it remained lacking in quality bouldering problems. This year a Belgian-Swiss team arrived in the South African country, seeking a trip off the beaten path. Lire la suite >

• BD athlete Noah Howell reports on late-season descent of Mill B Ramps in Utah's Wasatch Mountains

  Last spring, after a long season of filming, Noah had one last itch to scratch before hanging up the skis for the year—a descent of the Mill B Ramps in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Lire la suite >

• Working for It: Noah Howell Explores the Tushars

  As the snowflakes finally fly, Noah Howell thinks back to last May when he was cursing the brush and ripping across corn. At the end of it all, he nominates his approach to Utah's Mount Baldy as the Worst Bushwhack Ever. Lire la suite >

• Kurt Astner establishes new ice climbs in Norway

  Black Diamond athlete Kurt Astner took an ice climbing trip to Norway in March 2011, and recently sent us the following report of the stellar WI6 climbs he developed with his partner, Helmut Rauegger. Lire la suite >

• L'athlète Black D. Nico Favresse raconte sa nouvelle escalade de 850 m en libre sur une falaise au Groenland

  Black Diamond athlete Nico Favresse teamed up with brother Olivier, Sean Vilanueva and Ben Ditto to establish a new 850-meter free climb on a massive granite sea cliff off the coast of Greenland. Lire la suite >

• Zack Giffin’s on an epic ski trip to Japan

  Black Diamond athlete Zack Giffin recently traveled to Japan to sample some of the country's legendary powder. Below is his report and photos from the trip. Lire la suite >

• Antte Lauhamaa: Discovering Norway’s Hidden Ski Paradise

  Black Diamond Ambassador Antte Lauhamaa went hunting for powder on Norway’s rugged coastline. What he found is an island he thinks will be a Norway’s new premier ski destination. Lire la suite >

• Tobin Seagel: Protect Our Winters

  BD Athlete Tobin Seagel believes we can turn climate change around. Here’s how. Lire la suite >

• Patagonian Dispatch: The Power of Empanadas

  Probars? Energy chews? Gels? Nah. In this dispatch from Patagonia, Black Diamond Content Editor Andy Anderson reports on the breakfast of champions for the austral summer climbing season.  Lire la suite >