---

• 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. Read more >

• Jordan White: Skiing the 13ers of Colorado's Elk Mountains

  Black Diamond Ambassador Jordan White has climbed and skied every 14er in Colorado. Now he’s set his sights on the rugged 13ers in the Elk Mountains. Read more >

• Adam Ondra: Dispatches from Yosemite

  Tune in here for exclusive Yosemite updates from BD Ambassador Adam Ondra. Read more >

• Babsi Zangerl: Surprise Send in the Verdon

  Black Diamond Global Athlete Babsi Zangerl dispatches Golden Shower (5.14a), one of the hardest multi-pitches in the famed Verdon Gorge. Read more >

• ROCK Project: Our Athletes are Committed and Here's Why

  As this year’s ROCK Project tour comes to a successful close, our Athletes and Ambassadors explain why being involved in this movement is so important. Read more >

• Jordan White: Finding the First Turns of Winter

  Black Diamond Ambassador Jordan White explains why the old phrase, “you don’t know ‘til you go,” is everything when it comes to early season ski touring. Read more >

• Thomas Gaisbacher: Skiing and Guiding in the Wild Yukon

  When Sherpas Cinema wants to film the raddest skiers and snowboarders ripping in the remote Yukon, they hire Black Diamond Ambassador Thomas Gaisbacher as their head guide. For three weeks in April, a crew of shredders pillaged powder under the watchful eye of Gaisbacher, who kept everyone out of harm's way … oh, and he also squeezed in a few epic runs too. Read more >

• The Pro Belay: Pavel Blažek Takes Us Behind the Scenes on the Dawn Wall

  Every rock star needs a sideman, and every great climber needs a solid belayer. Pavel Blažek, the man who held Adam Ondra’s ropes on the Dawn Wall, gives us an inside look at belaying on the world’s hardest big wall. Read more >

• BEHIND THE SHOT: 2012 Ski Digital Catalog Cover

  We caught up with photographer Jay Beyer and BD athlete Zack Giffin to get the story behind Jay's incredible photo of Zack hucking over a massive ice cave in Glacier Bay, Alaska last spring. Read more >

• Sending the World's Hardest Ice Climb

  BD Ambassadors Tim Emmett and Klemen Premrl take you on a wild ride to the top of the world’s first WI 12 ice climb. Read more >

• Team BD Sends It In Wales

  BD athletes Babsi Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher and Roland Hemetzberger recently journeyed to the mythical sea cliffs of Wales to test their mettle (and metal) on the area’s stout trad lines. Read more >

• Tim Kemple: A Towering Obsession

  BD Ambassador Tim Kemple takes us on a photographic journey to his top 5 summits around the globe. Read more >

• BD Athlete Brittany Griffith Bolts in Lebanon's Tannourine

  Not too long ago, BD athlete Brittany Griffith couldn’t even locate Lebanon on a map. Now, along with Will Nazarian, Griffith is busy bolting an area that has the potential for 600 to 700 routes. “I got a real feel and appreciation for how much work goes into it,” Griffith says of the establishment process. Read more >

• Two Years of Skiing with Black Diamond Athlete Johnny Collinson

  Over the past two winters, Black Diamond athlete Johnny Collinson has skied his way through India, Bolivia, British Columbia and Alaska. With the help of Sherpas Cinema, he presents a compilation of the best moments from the last two seasons of powder, cliff hucks and big mountains. Read more >

• Black Diamond Athlete Mason Earle on 24HHH

  Arkansas's 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell is notorious for its wacky team names, bomber sandstone and wild after parties. Despite having an aversion for competitions, Black Diamond athlete Mason Earle, along with teammate Nik Berry, took the 24HHH by storm this year, shit talking Alex Honnold, grunting through 5.8 cruxes and winning the team division while setting a new high score. Read more >

• BD athlete Callum Pettit reports on filming trip to Bella Coola, British Columbia

  Last spring, Black Diamond athlete Callum Pettit headed north from his native Whistler to check out the skiing and film with Sherpas Cinema in Bella Coola, in British Columbia's Coast Mountains. Read more >