ORTOVOX Safety Academy · 4 days
High Alpine
Learn the essential skills for independent glacier and high-alpine tours — from crampon technique to rope-team travel and first rescue procedures.
Course overview
Safely through snow and ice.
High Alpine gives you the technical foundation for glacier and high-alpine tours. Careful planning, correct equipment and efficient movement are combined with practical training in real terrain. You learn to use crampons, ice axe and rope confidently, organise a rope team and recognise the most important alpine hazards before applying the skills on a guided practice tour.
Summer courses
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What you will cover
Practise the skills.
Understand the decisions.
A practical four-day course in high-alpine terrain. The exact programme and practice tour are adapted to the conditions, the group and the selected training area.
- Planning and preparation for glacier and high-alpine tours
- Equipment selection and essential knots
- Walking safely with crampons and using an ice axe
- Fall-arrest techniques on firn and snow
- Roping up and organising a glacier rope team
- Safe movement and orientation on glaciers
- Recognising alpine hazards and choosing appropriate measures
- First crevasse-rescue and rescue techniques
- A carefully planned practice tour
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