Currently, the brand offers over 20 product categories, including climbing equipment, trekking poles, headlamps, crampons and ice axes, ropes, freeride skis, technical clothing, and gloves. In 2018, Black Diamond expanded its collection to include climbing shoes. With such a wide range of products, the brand boasts an extremely comprehensive offering for outdoor enthusiasts.
The company’s history began when Yvon Chouinard, then an 18-year-old climber, began forging his own pitons with a hammer and anvil, which he later sold from the trunk of his car. His equipment quickly gained recognition among climbers. In 1989, the original Chouinard Equipment company transformed into the now well-known Black Diamond brand. The company’s history has had a significant impact on the development of climbing around the world, from big wall climbing to alpine climbing, sport climbing, bouldering, and climbing on artificial walls.