Ortovox
Safety Academy
LAB ICE • ROCK • SNOW
ORTOVOX Safety Academy
ORTOVOX Safety Academy
When it comes to staying safe in the mountains, our highly valued and trusted partner ORTOVOX leads the way
The brand is driven by a deep responsibility to support and protect outdoor adventurers in challenging conditions. That commitment goes far beyond innovative emergency products — it extends to in-depth knowledge that keeps people safer in the alpine environment.
Through the ORTOVOX Safety Academy, developed together with professional mountain guides and leading experts, you can access complete alpine safety training for both summer and winter conditions. These free, interactive, digital labs – Lab Rock, Lab Ice and Lab Snow – are designed to help you build confidence, understand risks and make better decisions in the outdoors.
Good Gear Keeps You Moving — Good Knowledge Saves Lives — Start Your Training Today!
The Safety Academy Digital Training Platforms
Lab Rock
Pioneers in Safety
Seemingly endless rock faces, isolation and new challenges: Taking on alpine routes on your own requires a strong body and mind – but most of all, in-depth knowledge. In cooperation with the German Mountain and Ski Guide Association, this digital training platform offers over 30 video tutorials, comprehensive educational modules and four chapters to help you stay safer in alpine climbing.
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Lab Ice
Prepare for Rock, Firn and Ice
High alpine touring is one of most fascinating but also one of the most demanding mountain sports. To go up in the mountain world, you need sound knowledge and a great deal of practice. Lab Ice offers a digital training platform with more than 18 video tutorials and educational modules that deal with all safety aspects of high alpine touring and convey them in an understandable way.
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Lab Snow
Responsible Risk Management
Ski touring and freeriding are booming. But as thrilling as these sports are, skiing in unsecured terrain is challenging. The new interactive, multimedia training platform clearly and comprehensibly sets out all the important safety aspects of ski touring and freeriding across four chapters with 16 video tutorials, comprehensive educational modules and numerous quizzes.
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Field training
Mountaineering, Alpine Climbing & Avalanche Skills Courses
Completed the Labs that sparked your interest and ready to put your knowledge into practice? Alpine Recreation are here to help you build confidence, skills and true independence in the mountains. New Zealand’s Southern Alps offer the perfect natural classroom to learn and refine your mountaineering and alpine climbing abilities. With hands on field training, you’ll reduce your risk in the mountains even further.
Our alpine skills courses are led by highly qualified and experienced mountain guides who love sharing their expertise in a safe, practical and inspiring way. You’ll train in real alpine terrain, stay in high mountain huts and gain the confidence to take your own adventures even higher.
Mountain Adventure
For high performance mountain gear
At Alpine Recreation, we don’t do halves as the mountains are no place to take things lightly. When it comes to our gear, we settle for nothing less than the best.
That’s why our partner, Mountain Adventure, supplies us with premium brands such as Ortovox, Grivel, Edelrid and La Sportiva, trusted and used by alpine professionals around the world.
Visit the Mountain Adventure website to learn more about each brand and gear up for your own adventures with the same reliable equipment we use ourselves.
Alpine Instruction Courses
Build the skills — Climb with confidence — Thrive in the mountains
Whether you're taking your first steps onto snow and ice or aiming to lead your own alpine missions, our Alpine Instruction Courses are designed to equip you with essential mountain skills and decision-making confidence. Set in New Zealand’s awe-inspiring Southern Alps, these immersive courses offer hands-on learning in real alpine terrain.
Led by qualified, experienced IFMGA & NZMGA guides, each course focuses on practical skills for alpine travel — from crampon and ice axe technique to rope systems, crevasse rescue, route planning, and avalanche awareness. We tailor instruction to your ability level, ensuring you come away with real capability and confidence.
