Black Diamond
Black Diamond Alpine Carbon Cork trekking poles (one size, 100-130 cm)
- Weight: 6/10 How much the pair adds to your hands and pack.
- Packed size: 5/10 Whether they fit inside or along a rucksack.
Long days and multi-day trips where a comfortable cork grip and padded strap matter
- Weight (pair)
- 486 g
- Packed length
- 61 cm
- Adjusts
- 100 to 130 cm
- Lock
- Lever
- Shaft
- Carbon
Where to buy
Alpinetrek £140.36 In stock. Free delivery. Pair, price includes VAT. Delivery 5-7 working days from supplier stock. Free UK delivery from £85, £4.49 under.
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Our ratings (out of 10)
1 to 10, compared with the whole market. Each says what it's based on. How we score
Weight
From maker's figures 6/10How much the pair adds to your hands and pack. 6: A bit better than average.
Black Diamond gives 486 g for the pair (its US and UK/EU pages agree, and SectionHiker prints 486 g too): the 450-549 g band.
Packed size
From maker's figures 5/10Whether they fit inside or along a rucksack. 5: Does the job. Average for wild-camping gear.
Black Diamond gives a collapsed length of 61 cm (US and UK/EU pages agree): the 55-64.9 cm band.
In short
Good for
- Long days and multi-day trips where a comfortable cork grip and padded strap matter
- Walkers who want carbon's shock damping and a lever lock that adjusts over 30 cm
- Trekking-pole tarps and tents, with a lever lock that sets the height
Strengths
- Cork grip with a foam extension and padded, left- and right-marked straps, praised by all four reviewers
- FlickLock Pro metal lever lock that held in every review
- 486 g for the pair in the 450-549 g band, with thicker carbon than most poles
- Carbide tech tips included and replaceable (Black Diamond, Better Trail)
Weaknesses
- 61 cm folded (55-64.9 cm band): not a pole that fits a daypack
- Heavy for a carbon pole
- Needs a small Allen key to set lock tension, and carbon scratches and chips more than aluminium (OutdoorGearLab, Better Trail)
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.
ShowHide sources (5)
- Black Diamond: Alpine Carbon Cork Trekking Poles (blackdiamondequipment.com, 486 g a pair and 61 cm collapsed; US store, priced in dollars; the UK/EU store gives the same figures)
- OutdoorGearLab: Black Diamond Alpine Carbon Cork review (Jeff Dobronyi; the site earns commission on links)
- Better Trail: Black Diamond Alpine Carbon Cork Trekking Pole Review (the site earns commission on links)
- The Big Outside: Review: Black Diamond Alpine Carbon Cork Trekking Poles (Michael Lanza; tested the 2019 update; page also shows 13 November 2025 as an update date)
- SectionHiker: Black Diamond Alpine Carbon Cork Trekking Poles Review (Ben Kilbourne; he owns the poles and has used them for five years; reader comments on the page date from 2020)