Black Diamond Helio Carbon 88 Alpine Touring Skis

The ideal ski for big mountain adventures and long backcountry tours through technical terrain.Redesigned for even greater performance, the Black Diamond Helio Carbon 88 strikes the perfect balance between lightweight uphill efficiency and confident downhill handling. Its new pre-preg carbon fiber layup, combined with a paulownia wood core and full-length ABS sidewalls, delivers excellent dampening, smooth flex, and torsional stiffness for precise, responsive skiing.The early-rise tip enhances floatation and trail-breaking, while the ABS tail protector features an integrated skin-clip notch to keep climbing skins secure on the ascent.

Features

• Technical 88 mm waist with early rise tip
• Pre-preg carbon fiber layup offers improved dampness, torsional stiffness, and
• balanced flex
• Full-perimeter 5 mm beveled ABS sidewalls
• ABS tail protector with integrated skin-clip notch
• Titanal binding mounting plate

Specifications

• Core: engineered paulownia wood core
• Sidecut: 119-88-110 (for size 161)
• Radius: 17 (for size 161)
• Weight per pair: 2400 g
• Low-Rise - Semi- Rocker