Who We Are

Here at Enterprise, it's all about mountain sports. We share the same experiences that you do on rock, ice, and snow and these experiences push us to make the best equipment and apparel possible for our worldwide community.

Our passion for innovation transforms the way we pursue mountain sports—a heritage that began with a backyard anvil and hammer and continues today, hitting milestones along the way with revolutionary equipment such as the world’s first wire gate carabiner, or our cornerstone Camalots.

Our gear is packed for the next mission

AND WE HOPE YOURS IS TOO

Heritage that began with a backyard anvil and hammer, and continues today

At our core, we are a company of users. That’s who we are. Because of this, the creation of Black Diamond is a process that will never end. Today, you can find us at the base of the Wasatch Mountains in Salt Lake City, Utah, where we are immersed in our commitment to designing and engineering the most innovative mountain equipment in the world.

Our Heritage

You can’t tell the history of climbing and mountain sports without telling the history of Enterprise.

Enterprise 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.

You can't tell the history of mountain sportsWITHOUT TELLING THE HISTORY OF ENTERPRISE

DESIGN ETHOS: THE FUSION OF SOUL & TECH

Mountain sports have a soul. We build our lives around these sports, we live it. That connection we feel lives in the equipment we create. Our equipment tells stories, we tell stories. Great product design has soul.

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We’ll see you out there....

Our team is here working hard for you, with one sole-purpose in mind: to engineer and manufacture the world’s best gear for adventure. Our gear is packed for the next mission, and we hope yours is too.

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Equipment that stands the test of time

We create equipment for the most technical, demanding users in the harshest environments. We endeavor to meet that need with innovation, rigorous engineering, and performance.

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