Ideal For Ski Mountaineering Adventures
Perfect for Rainier's standard climbing routes, the Couloir has minimal padding on the waist and legs to allow for comfortable glacier travel.
For technical big mountain lines, crevassed ski terrain or moderate glacier climbs, the Black Diamond Couloir harness is a full-featured technical harness that packs down to the size of an orange and easily stashes in your pack or jacket pocket. Redesigned with a breathable, low-profile vari-width Dynex monofilament webbing that’s ultralight and durable, the Couloir comes with one speed buckle on the waist with easy-adjust wings and diaper-style leg loops that make for easy on and off while wearing skis or crampons. The Couloir also includes our patented Infinity Loop for belaying, which is durable, low profile, and eliminates the dreaded belay-loop-shift when the belay loop seam catches. Four Ice Clipper slots pair with an integrated ice screw slot in each leg loop to reduce clanking during long approaches and flat glacier travel, and two webbing gear loops secure cordalettes, extra biners and other essential gear.
Black Diamond Harness Sizing
All measurements are in Inches unless otherwise specified.
| Size | XS/S | S/M | M/L | L/XL | XXL |
| Waist | 24-30" | 27 - 33" | 30 - 3" | 33 - 39" | 36 - 44" |
| Legs | 17-20" | 19 - 24" | 21 - 26" | 23 - 27" | 25 -34" |
Ideal For Ski Mountaineering Adventures
Perfect for Rainier's standard climbing routes, the Couloir has minimal padding on the waist and legs to allow for comfortable glacier travel.
For technical big mountain lines, crevassed ski terrain or moderate glacier climbs, the Black Diamond Couloir harness is a full-featured technical harness that packs down to the size of an orange and easily stashes in your pack or jacket pocket. Redesigned with a breathable, low-profile vari-width Dynex monofilament webbing that’s ultralight and durable, the Couloir comes with one speed buckle on the waist with easy-adjust wings and diaper-style leg loops that make for easy on and off while wearing skis or crampons. The Couloir also includes our patented Infinity Loop for belaying, which is durable, low profile, and eliminates the dreaded belay-loop-shift when the belay loop seam catches. Four Ice Clipper slots pair with an integrated ice screw slot in each leg loop to reduce clanking during long approaches and flat glacier travel, and two webbing gear loops secure cordalettes, extra biners and other essential gear.
Black Diamond Harness Sizing
All measurements are in Inches unless otherwise specified.
| Size | XS/S | S/M | M/L | L/XL | XXL |
| Waist | 24-30" | 27 - 33" | 30 - 3" | 33 - 39" | 36 - 44" |
| Legs | 17-20" | 19 - 24" | 21 - 26" | 23 - 27" | 25 -34" |
Guide Pick
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How Guide Pick™ Works
The guides over at RMI collectively spend over 10,000+ days a year on the world's highest mountains, climbing hundreds of thousands of vertical feet. They put their gear and apparel through the wringer. This stuff is their work wear and they simply will not tolerate inferior gear.
At the end of the climbing season, guides are given a survey to find out what gear they are using and why it is their favorite. We don’t often get complete agreement but we do get alignment and by looking at the data, a few clear winners rise to the top in each category.
We take those winners, and stamp them with the Guide Pick™ logo on our site. We also compile this wonderful little document, which you can use to see top contenders, gear advice, Guide Quotes, and more.
