Junior Snow Safety Camp on January 11th 2025

Freeriding and off-piste touring are very popular, especially with young people. But the fun of off-piste skiing is not without its dangers. To help them learn how to deal with them, we have launched our Junior Snow Safety Camp.

If there is more demand than available places, we will draw lots for the places. Enter the competition now and win one of eight places for your child! Entry to the competition and the camp is free.

What you child will learn

Respect and basic knowledge of alpine dangers, initial experience of using an avalanche transceiver and making forward-looking decisions when choosing a descent. We want to teach your kids all these topics and much more on a weekend full of fun to lay the foundation for risk-conscious behavior. Our guides are passionate about passing on their knowledge and years of experience to the next generation. Let your kid join us and open a new chapter in responsible skiing and freeriding.

Take part in the raffle now!

More safety on the mountain with Black Diamond

Services

> Jan 11th 2025, meeting point: train station Eibsee

> 1-day safety workshop

> 1-day lift pass Zugspitze

> avalanche search, avalanche awareness, alpine dangers in the terrain, orientation

> introduction to easy freeriding

> free safety equipment for testing (please register in advance)

Additional costs

> Participation is free. If you win a ticket for your child in the raffle, you only need to cover the following costs for you and your child: meals and travel to and from the event.

Program

Arrival: Saturday morning with welcome, lift pass and test equipment distribution

> avalanche and safety training in various workshops

> avalanche transceiver search

> practical snow and avalanche awareness

> slope assessment and orientation in the terrain

> guided freeride descents

> tactics and technique tips on freeriding in alpine terrain

Requirements

> 10-15 years

> Controlled skiing on black slopes

> Basic fitness for one day of intensive skiing

> Parent or legal guardian must be available and within reach during the entire event

> Supervision by the organizer: daily from the start of the groups to the return to Eibsee station.

> Every underage participant must be reliably picked up.

Equipment

Each participant will be provided with a complete avalanche safety set consisting of (avalanche)backpack, avalanche transceiver, shovel and probe on loan for the day at the meeting point and does not need to bring their own.

Each participant must bring the following equipment:

> Alpine skis (normal piste skis or, if available, freeride skis or TwinTip)

> Poles (ideally with large deep-snow plates)

> Ski boots

> Helmet, ski goggles, sunglasses

> Functional clothing

> Insulation clothing/layer and functional underwear (possibly a change of underwear)

> Change of underwear

> Avalanche safety set consisting of an avalanche backpack, avalanche transceiver and probe Change of shirt

> 2 pairs of gloves, hat, buff / face protection

> Filled drinking bottle / Camelbak

> Snacks / energy bars / sandwiches

> Sun cream

Liability

All guides of the Junior Snow Safety Camps are professionally trained state mountain guides, ski guides or ski instructors and work on behalf of our cooperating DSLV professional schools and are subject to their personal duty of care. Liability in the ski-free area for each individual group lies with the respective DSLV professional schools and their appointed guides. We reserve the right to exclude the respective participant from our program in the event of misjudged and insufficient skiing ability. In such a case, the respective participant must be handed over to his/her legal guardian.

Further information on the residual risks of alpine dangers can be found here: PDF risk disclosure

Kids ski equipment