Black Diamond Chalk is so soooo smooooth! It's crazy since it's still chunky that it can feel so smooth on your fingers.

I used this stuff by itself for a few weeks and was pretty darn impressed since I normally go for coarser chalk due to my overly sweaty hands (think super chalk). It was hard for me to tell when I needed rechalking since it was so light and smooth. I hardly noticed the difference in feel between chalk-ups, but you definitely notice a difference in friction with this stuff. Chalk without having to cake it on?!

It's hard to say if White Gold is necessarily better or worse than Super Chalk, in my opinion. They're just 2 very different types of chalk. Lately I've been experiementing with various mixtures of both and it's been very reliable in keeping my hands dry (I'm overly sweaty ;[ ), chalked up for longer periods, and the friction is totally rad with the White Gold!!

I'm going to try using some more of this by itself when I need to refill again.

magnesium carbonate you are the bomb
you absorb my sweat when I can't keep my calm
I tried all the brands but you are the best
Not to fine and slippy...your the perfect mesh
When I get pulled over, the cops get suspicious
They eyeball me hard and say "what the hell is this?"
I say that my friend is pure white gold
This usually doesn't help they say "hands up and do as your told"
That's when I explain to their consternation
that this white stuff is for soaking up perspiration
I show them my chalk bag and give them a taste
That's when they know their time is a waste
But no matter what trouble you might bring
Chalk oh chalk, you will always be my queen
From tickmarks to slopers to crimpers to jugs
Chalk I want to give you Kisses and Hugs.

This chalk is awesome. It keeps my hands dry. Doesn't over coat them. It just works. It comes in a bag powder/nuggets, instead of the block shown in the picture, which makes it easy to just dump into my chalk bag.

Awesome chalk, super soft and dry. It sticks to your hands pretty well, I prefer it over Super Chalk. Although I still like So iLL chalk better. Good stuff, will continue to buy.

This chalk has excellent drying capabilities. Much better than a buddy's Metolius I used. I feel like it gives me a little extra grippiness on holds compared to the Metolius. Great stuff for both indoor and outdoor.

I use white Gold while both gym climbing and climbing in the great outdoors. This chalk feels super light on the fingers and it drys the sweat quickly. I have done routes with this chalk that I was not able to do without the chalk. I've used other chalks, but WHITE GOLD is the best.

i really like the white gold chalk by black diamond it works great and takes the moisture away instantly and gives excellent grip i have used it exclusively and love it. i will definitely buy more.

Awesome chalk

This stuff works awesome

This is like cocaine, but it actually gets you off the ground. It is chalk, and chalk that really works. Dries out my hands mid-pitch, I can focus on the problem at hand, not the sweat in hand. It is uncut though, so beware of the super addictiveness.

I love this chalk. it last forever and does an amazing job of keeping your hands dry.

I haven't used too many different chalks, but I find that this seems to do the trick. I don't find myself dipping for more every few moves and a little goes a long way.

What else can I say? Chalk is chalk. This one happens to work great! I like its small-chunked, ground-up consistency because I don't have to spend time breaking up big chunks and it dries out my hands without giving them that squeaky/slippery feeling that can happen with fine powder chalks. I don't use much chalk at the gym but I use it often climbing outdoors, and this one's my favorite. I've tried big, cheap chalk blocks and Metolius chalk and my personal preference is for the BD White Gold.

By the way, the 56g size comes as a solid block whereas the 100g, 200g and 300g sizes come loosely ground in a bag or little plastic tub. It's confusing the way BC presents it above in the picture so I thought it'd be helpful to clarify.

It might not be a good idea to use this for arm pit sweat, But it works great on the hands. It's also really good at making hand prints on your butt.

Smooth consistency and keeps me dry all day long!

Not stepped on, uncut, 100 % pure. You will get super high with this stuff; watch it you might get hooked.

I can tell that we are gonna be friends.

This chalk is awesome. I've used SuperChalk my entire time climbing, and when I ran out this time, I figured I'd try something different. As soon as I got it in, I could tell the consistency was different. It seemed smoother, less like sand and more like powdered sugar...Not sure how else to explain it. First time I climbed with this, I could tell that this was gonna be my new favorite chalk.

Seriously great chalk.

I mix this with some bison comp chalk and it rocks the rocks. seriously.

love the stuff, sticks like glue.

very excellent chalk in comparison to some other chalk I have used before.

Epic. Other chalks leave a somewhat grimy feeling, this stuff keeps my hands dry & able to grip that gnarly hold. Bag it comes in is resealable.

I work at a gym where our rental bags are filled with Super Chalk. As a result I get to fill my bag for free with it, but I still opt to buy white gold. Super chalk almost feels like you're climbing with all purpose flour on your hands. It may dry the sweat but it's not really ideal. White Gold has the same drying effect but just feels grippier. Hands down my favorite brand of chalk.

the best I've used by far

Seems to me it works better than other chalk with additives, because it doesn't irritate the skin on my hand as much. Your mileage may vary.

I've used four kinds of chalk now. I like this better than Metolius chalk. Seems about the same as that Frank Endo chalk, but easier to come by for me.

Love this stuff. Great in the gym or warmer days on the rock.

I just started rock climbing. Instructor and others I climb with use this chalk, so how could I go wrong. First two climbs I didn't use chalk, now I use it all the time.

This is great Chalk. I normally would buy block chalk and then break it up into pieces. This White Gold is sold already broken up into perfect sized gold nuggets. I purchased the 300g size and it should last me several months climbing 2-3 times each week.

keeps me on dem rocks for daaaaaaayyss

Best chalk I've used yet! Nice nuggets for filling a homemade chalk sock and then a few tossed into the bottom of the bag. No cake batter hands! 300G is ALOT of chalk now that I wont be using so much.
Shipping was ultra fast too!

Being afraid of heights I get terror sweats like crazy even on a 5.5..
I was using a "Met" brand and it wasn't helping much except drying my skin..
Switched to BD and presto I am climbing 7 and 8's and able to work on advancing

I chalk up half as much with this stuff as opposed to other brands of chalk, good stuff.

Plain, simple, good working chalk for climbing

This chalk does its job too well. Climbing with this chalk has dried my hands out to the point where a fellow co-worker was disgusted with my cracked fingers. I used to just dump it from the plastic bag into my chalk bag so I was able to plaster my hands pretty well with the stuff and that may have something to do with the extreme dryness of my hands. But either way it does its job and I don't have to worry about sweaty slippery hands.

Love this chalk, just break a little bit of it up, throw it in your bag, and off you go. Smooth like buttah.

Plain and simple. Works great and doesn't suck your hands to withered husks like some additive-laced chalk.

pure quality, great grip..

If you climb like I do, you have to deal with a lot of terror sweat. So I need chalk, and lots of it.

This is good chalk. Creamy, delicious, the color goes with everything. What else can I say?

Another great deal. What can I say? You get exactly the kind of quality you would expect from backcountry.com.

Great chalk for anyone climbing. It needs to be broken up well in your bag, but makes for fantastic holds. Always their in a crimp.

This stuff dries out your hands better than anything else I've used. Metolius super chalk, which I used to really like, almost feels gritty after using this superfine magical white powder. It's not sticky at all, just...dry. Perfect!

Chalk is chalk and it helps to absorb your sweat so you can grip the rock. This one comes in a block!

This chalk is sweet. It comes in an easy to break off chunk. And it simply works. Put this stuff in your bag and send i.

What sets this chalk apart from the rest? The packaging or course.

I ordered the 300g bag and I already need more... you could say its an addiction.... with 100% pure white gold I climb higher than ever before!

I was actually looking for the Block chalk and instead I received this.
It's OK, but I really like to break it up myself or use it to rub on my hands with one big side of the chalk.