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What Separates a Double Black Diamond from a Black Diamond?

Dropping into Corbet's Couloir. Photo Credit: Nate Harris

In North America, the common metric for displaying terrain difficulty is by using a combination of colors and shapes. From easiest to most difficult the system goes green circle, blue square, black diamond, and double black diamond. Although there is a “common” method for trail rating, it’s important to note that there is no underlying organization that determines what each […]

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Luke Guilford | March 5, 2025
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