Black Diamond was born from Chouinard Equipment and was a natural continuation of the passion and ethos that Yvon Chouinard and his friends started in 1965. Peter Metcalf and the employees of Chouinard Equipment took over in 1989, changed the name to Black Diamond and moved to Salt Lake City, to be at the base of the Wasatch mountains. Today, you can still find them at the base of the Wasatch Mountains in Salt Lake City, Utah, where they are immersed in our commitment to designing and engineering the most innovative mountain equipment in the world.

Black Diamond’s ethos is rooted in the idea that the style in which goals are accomplished is as important as achieving them at all, and this applies as much to their business as it does to their outdoor pursuits. That’s why they have paired an innovative approach to building equipment with a unique approach to running a company—one that champions the conservation, preservation and access to mountain, crag and canyon environments while minimizing their environmental footprint.