Black Diamond Helio Carbon 95 Skis - 2024/2025
Built to cruise through backcountry turns from the Cordillera Blanca to the Canadian Rockies, the Black Diamond Helio Carbon 95 skis balance playful, soft-snow performance with technical precision.
Key Details
- 95 mm waists with early rise tips and tails to improve flotation and trail-breaking efficiency
- Pre-preg carbon fiber layup offers improved dampness, torsional stiffness and balanced flex
- Engineered paulownia wood cores keep the skis lightweight for long tours and maintain a smooth flex and torsional stiffness for reliable, responsive skiing on the downs
- Full-perimeter 5 mm beveled ABS sidewalls
- ABS tail protectors with integrated skin-clip tabs to keep your skins from sliding off
- Titanal® binding mounting plates
- Optimal use: 50% soft snow, 50% hard snow
Imported.
| Best Use | Backcountry Skiing |
|---|---|
| Ski Terrain | Backcountry |
| Tip Width | 176 CM: 124 millimeters |
| Waist Width | 95 millimeters |
| Tail Width | 176 CM: 113 millimeters |
| Sidecut Radius | 176 CM: 19 meters |
| Ski Camber | Standard Alpine |
| Tail Type | Flat |
| Core | Paulownia wood |
| Bindings Included | No |
| Boot Sole Compatibility | Bindings Not Included |
| Gender | Unisex |
| Weight (Pair) | 176 CM: 6 lbs. 2.7 oz. |
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Sweet touring rig!
Great skis that perform just as well in bounds as in the backcountry! Looking forward to many, many tours.
two runs down
Took these for a test drive in Tahoe last weekend and absolutely loved them with the tecton 13's. Cant wait for some more routes in the coming weeks.
Backcountry Bliss
I've been on these for 4 days this season, and they are phenomenal under a variety of conditions. Light and lively on variable conditions and sublime in fresh powder. The biggest surprise was the lack of chatter and confident stability on frozen chunky crud. I am absolutely loving these skis. I am coming off of an older set of Elan Himalayas, and the feel and ease of the Helios are almost effortless. I downsized from a 102 to a 95 width, but almost no difference in the float factor. The skis are very light, and remarkably stable at speeds on hard pack and icy, windblown hellscapes. I paired these up with some Dynafit Radical bindings that I received for Christmas. I'm 6'1", 165 pounds and mid 50's in age and went with the 176s, so this set up and size specs were perfect for me. I have half a bad ACL on the left side, so I have to be weary and be slightly cautious at times. Light and strong gear is the way to go.
Minor cosmetic damage on shipping
Disclaimer I haven't skied on them yet. I got these for a touring set up combined with the fritschi tecton 13 bindings and they fit wonderfully together. Really a beautiful pair of skis. There were some minor cosmetic damage to the skis upon arrival from shipping. Other that that, amazing
Quite Delighted
I work in the Snowsports industry but I am also a minimalist, and I wanted a pair of skis that I could use for both touring and the resort. I tested out a demo pair of these at a backcountry ski area in Colorado and really liked how they performed in variable terrain, how light they felt, and how comfortable they felt (I had tried out some other skis that were marketed as touring skis and were a little wider but they felt too heavy and were harder for me to control in the trees). I purchased a pair of these and put a pair of shift bindings on them and oh boy howdy am I pleased with my decision. I took them on groomers, powder runs, tree trails, off-piste, and in a super pipe just for fun and they were pretty versatile and felt pretty good in most situations. I have other skis that are slightly more narrow and are my daily drivers while I’m working at the resort, but I’m chuffed I found these for touring and free-ski days at the mountain. For reference- I’m 5’9” and 125 lbs and I got the 169 length
Good work ski
These are great skis for my job. I have to hike or skin with tools, and a light ski saves my legs on the climb. They ski as I expected for a light ski.
Fantastic skis
These are awesome skis. I’ve only got a couple tours in them now but they are everything I was looking for. Highly recommended.
Perfect touring skis!
Great all around touring ski. Light weight ski going up and stable well round ski when heading back down.
Awesome backcountry skis
Lightweight for ascending, lots of control on the way down, so glad I invested in these.
Love these
So pumped about these skis, can't wait to backcountry with them. So light weight