The Guide Glove, Black Diamond's warmest glove, is the ultimate choice for climbing and skiing in cold regions like Alaska. Made with four-way stretch Schoeller and a Gore-Tex XCR liner, the Guide Glove is form fitting and totally waterproof. A full gauntlet and PrimaLoft insulation keep your hands warm when your water bottles are frozen solid. Because gloves take a beating in the mountains, Black Diamond gave the Guide Glove a Pittards goatskin leather palm and capped fingers with Kevlar-reinforced stitching. Not only does this add years to your glove's life, it also provides excellent grip on a frozen ice axe.
Bottom Line: Serious warmth for seriously cold conditions.
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great gloves 10-17-07
Anonymous:
These gloves are sick. I have had them for two seasons and they have never let me down. Even after a long day in the backcountry my hands are still dry and warm. The removable liner is nice so they dry a little quicker for the next day. The dexterity is pretty good for such a warm glove. I would definitely buy these again!!
Last year I bought the Marmot Ultimate gloves, and this year I got these Black Diamonds. I have yet to put these gloves to work as snow in Tahoe has been a little hard to come by, but the Black Diamonds are much warmer gloves, and I'd have to say the construction quality is a bit higher. The Marmot's are certainly a fine pair of gloves, but I think I'll use them for the warm weather days. The Black Diamonds have a rather scratchy wool interior, which doesn't bug me but could be a deal breaker for some people. It'd be nice if these gloves had a cinch at the wrist, but that's not a huge deal. My only other gripe is that the gauntlet material is stiff enough that it makes it a tad difficult to get a good seal around your forearm by pulling on the cinch cord. Plus, the spring in the cord retainer is so strong that it makes me feel like I'm going to break the cord because I have to pull on it so hard. All in all, minor issues for such a great pair of gloves.
Well I finally tested for myself these gloves.
Almost everyone you talk to will reco these
for the coldest weather. They are without question the warmest
on the planet. 10 below 20 below would not matter and they are very well made.
you do give up alot of movement they are stiff out of the box. You will look like Hellboy with these on. They are big but true to size large will be good for most. The leather they use on the glove is made by Pittard's of England the best they make.
and it even smells good!!! the liner is like having your hands in a sheep's wool. The only gloves
made that come close are the Mountain Hard wear Habanero that I tested . Habs offer alot more ease of movement and are also very well made.
Best in class next to the guides . I decided to keep both the habanero for the not so very cold days, that I need to use my walking poles or just need my hands alot for , and the guides
when my hands are freezing . I did like the Habs one hand cinch on the wrist the guides dont have that feature. I don't reco taking out the
insert on the guides they are in tight for a reason. If you read others that say these are not warm its a person who has not worn them.
I tried both gloves so others on here would have a choice on two of the best gloves made. It was close to 300.00 but I think I will save
others time and money by this test. I also tested the Marmot's big selling work glove pass it by its junk next to these two.
