Avalanche courses & safety days: risk management for winter sports enthusiasts
Learning by doing with the avalanche experts for all snow sports enthusiasts
Safety in high mountains in winter begins with correctly assessing the risks. VIVALPIN has been your expert for professional avalanche courses for over 20 years. Whether you are a freerider, ski tourer, snowboarder, or snowshoe hiker, our goal is to take your risk management to a new level.
Why take part in the Avalanche Courses & Safety Days?
In our courses, you will be taught by absolute professionals. Learn from experts such as Sepp Hümmer, a state-certified army mountain guide who will pass on his knowledge gained from years of working for the avalanche commission and mountain rescue service directly to you.
What you will learn with us:
- Realistic risk assessment: Recognize hazards in the terrain in good time.
- Recognize and avoid terrain traps
- Correct behavior: Strategies for avoiding avalanche accidents.
- Snow and avalanche awareness: In-depth knowledge of the structure of the snowpack.
- Applying the GKMR method (hazard - consequence - measure - risk)
- Powder bonus: With the right knowledge, you will not only find safety, but also the best snow for your tours!
Secure your place now – Dates for 2026
Want to stay safe in the backcountry this season? We are offering two exclusive dates for our Safety Days again this year.
Want to find out more about Safety Days?
Then visit the vivalpin.blog!
Here you can find exciting online training courses on risk management!
- Online training: Risk management ice cream
- Online training: Risk management rock
- Online training: Snow - Avalanche - Risk
Are you missing equipment?
You can hire many items of equipment from us, for everything else you will receive a discount of 10% at bergfreunde.de
Program and schedule
- Services included: Mountain guide with the appropriate qualifications
- Ortovox emergency equipment consisting of an avalanche transceiver, shovel and probe
- Course documents
- 10% discount code for your purchases at bergfreunde.de
Additional costs:
- Lift ticket
- Snacks
- possible parking fee
Course content: Snowpack structure, different crystal forms + transformation processes in the snowpack, influence of wind and weather on the snowpack, interpretation of the avalanche situation report for tour planning, individual slope tests using weak layer diagnosis, comparison with other analytical snow tests, probabilistic methods for tour planning, intensive training in single and multiple burial with shovel technique and first aid
Note on program changes:
All courses and guided tours are conscientiously organized and carried out in accordance with the safety standards of the Vivalpin Mountain and Ski School with qualified specialists (e.g. mountain and ski guides, mountain hiking guides, etc.). The provisional tour program may be adjusted for safety-related reasons, such as bad weather, dangerous conditions, unforeseen natural events or inadequate conditions of the participants. The final program will be decided by the guide on site.
You don't need any ski touring experience or fitness for a 2-hour or 600-meter ascent. The Safety Days are also suitable for snowshoe hikers or snowboarders.
"Even if there is no such thing as 100% safety in mountain and ski sports, you can actively influence many factors and thus minimize your risk. During the Safety Days, you will benefit from the wealth of experience of your instructors and will be able to ski competently and with an acceptable level of risk in the magnificent mountain world."
Sepp Hümmer
State-certified army mountain guide
Member of the VIVALPIN Competence Team
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