Our Favorite Glove For The Upper Mountain
Consistently at the top of the Guide Pick™ list for heavy-weight gloves, the Black Diamond Guide Gloves provide the perfect combination of warmth and dexterity for the upper mountain.
Black Diamond's warmest, professional-grade ski gloves built for women who are out there day-in, day-out on both sides of the resort boundary, the Women’s Guide Gloves fend off the coldest, wettest days of the season. The Guide’s tough and protective shell combines woven nylon and goat leather for both stretch and durability, while a GORE-TEX® waterproof and breathable insert keeps intruding moisture at bay. Inside, the glove’s removable liner features an ultra-cozy combination of PrimaLoft® Gold insulation, boiled wool and soft fleece keep hands toasty through plummeting temps, while a generous powder cuff seals out snow.
Black Diamond Glove Sizing
For Black Diamond glove sizing, measure your palm girth and palm length, then determine your size from the chart below. Choose the larger of the two measurement results.
Palm girth: measure around your dominant hand at the knuckles with your fingers together.
Palm length: measure from the crease at the base of your wrist (on palm side) to the tip of your middle finger
| Centimeters | Inches | |
| XS | 18.4-19.7 | 7.25-7.75 |
| Small | 19.7-21 | 7.75-8.25 |
| Medium | 21.5-23 | 8.5-9 |
| Large | 23-24 | 9-9.5 |
| XL | 24-25.4 | 9.5-10 |
Our Favorite Glove For The Upper Mountain
Consistently at the top of the Guide Pick™ list for heavy-weight gloves, the Black Diamond Guide Gloves provide the perfect combination of warmth and dexterity for the upper mountain.
Black Diamond's warmest, professional-grade ski gloves built for women who are out there day-in, day-out on both sides of the resort boundary, the Women’s Guide Gloves fend off the coldest, wettest days of the season. The Guide’s tough and protective shell combines woven nylon and goat leather for both stretch and durability, while a GORE-TEX® waterproof and breathable insert keeps intruding moisture at bay. Inside, the glove’s removable liner features an ultra-cozy combination of PrimaLoft® Gold insulation, boiled wool and soft fleece keep hands toasty through plummeting temps, while a generous powder cuff seals out snow.
Black Diamond Glove Sizing
For Black Diamond glove sizing, measure your palm girth and palm length, then determine your size from the chart below. Choose the larger of the two measurement results.
Palm girth: measure around your dominant hand at the knuckles with your fingers together.
Palm length: measure from the crease at the base of your wrist (on palm side) to the tip of your middle finger
| Centimeters | Inches | |
| XS | 18.4-19.7 | 7.25-7.75 |
| Small | 19.7-21 | 7.75-8.25 |
| Medium | 21.5-23 | 8.5-9 |
| Large | 23-24 | 9-9.5 |
| XL | 24-25.4 | 9.5-10 |
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.
