Black Diamond Helio Carbon 115 Ski – 2024

The Helio Carbon collection of backcountry skis consists of Black Diamond’s lightest planks for alpine touring, and the Helio Carbon 114 Ski is most powder-hungry in the bunch. As the widest Helio Carbon, this ski certainly has a penchant for powder but can rip icy chutes or aprons with variable snow as well as powder. Black Diamond designed it with an early rise at the tip so we can navigate deep powder with ease whether we’re on the skin track or the descent, and a bit of camber underfoot works with the slightly rockered tail to employ a versatile performance whether we’re edging down icy couloirs or cruising spring crud.