Brave the Elements in These Burly Bottom Layers: Black Diamond Alpine Pants Review

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Brave the Elements in These Burly Bottom Layers: Black Diamond Alpine Pants Review

We woke up in the dark, rubbing the sleep out of our eyes, anxiously anticipating our summit push. The slight chill in the air would mean better snow travel conditions for our ascent, so we dragged ourselves out of our cozy sleeping bags and fired up our stove for instant coffee. Alpine starts are always rough at first, but we were soon rewarded by streaks of purple, red, and orange light forming over the peaks.  Despite the early morning chill,…