There is still plenty of snow to be found this season for some great backcountry ski and snowboard adventures. Even with the slow start to the winter, I was fortunate enough to get quite a few days of backcountry skiing in across Utah and Colorado. You might just make a skier out of me yet. Baby steps.
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In a somewhat novel concept, Black Diamond recently employed the brains of some female industrial design students at BYU to come up with new product ideas for women's outdoor gear. The all female BYU team interviewed a ton of hardcore female outdoors women, creating a list of innovative product ideas that the predominantly male BD product team readily admitted they "really wouldn't have thought of."
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has teamed up with Microsoft (yes Microsoft) to incorporate their new battery technology into Black Diamond's future line of mountaineering headlamps. Called InstaLoad, Microsoft's technology allows you to insert batteries into your headlamp in whichever direction you choose.
Ice climbing season is upon us and Black Diamond has released the First Shot, a new tool that will make setting Abalakov Thread ice anchors a snap. No more struggling to estimate 45 degree angles and trying to make your two ice screw holes interconnect. The First Shot is a unique, compact guide that provides the maximum depth and strength for threaded ice anchors.