Exercise Alpine Adventure uses a variety of the ski areas in the Allgau. We will typically visit about four different areas during the week to provide cadets with experience of a range of slopes.
We make daily decisions about the ski area to use based on skiing ability, snow and weather conditions.
Here is some information about the ski areas that we use and links to their websites for more details. Use their webcams to check out the latest snow conditions.
Oberjoch www.skilifte-oberjoch.de
Normally our venue for the first few days of the exercise. It provides some of the best introductory slopes that enable beginners to improve their confidence and competence on skis. More experienced participants are able to take advantage of a wide variety of runs that span the mountain.
Jungholz www.jungholz.de
We will normally visit Jungholz at some point during the week. It is situated in a small enclave of Austria and we literally cross an international border to ski there. Jungholz offers a number of runs of varying gradients that all end up at the one place. It is therefore a very convenient area to operate in. Jungholz also has a number of restaurants that many cadets and staff believe serve the best desserts in the Alps.
Steibis www.imbergbahn.de
A rural venue providing a variety of different ski runs. Access has been greatly improved thanks to the introduction of a new gondola. In 2010 a brand new restaurant opened high up on the slopes enabling 'pit stops' to be taken without having to descend to the base area.
Hundle - www.huendle.de
Sometimes used on our final day. Huendle has two base stations and gives cadets the challenge of skiing across a mountain.
Ifen www.ifen.de
With a summit at 2232 metres, Ifen is our highest ski area and the environment is akin to the high Alps in Austria and France. There is normally excellent snow on the upper slopes and the runs to the base are spectacular for all grades of skier.
Other areas we sometimes visit include:
Bolsterlang www.bolsterlang.de
Grunten www.gruentenlifte.de
Fellhorn www.fellhorn.de
Hoernerbahn www.hoernerbahn.de
Ofterschwang www.go-ofterschwang.de
Ski Awards
Exercise Alpine Adventure trains cadets towards achieving nationally recognised UK Snowsport Awards. The awards comprise a number of developmental activities.
The Snowlife Awards are split into nine colour levels. The award colours follow the same order as piste grades and end with bronze, silver and gold.
You can find out more details at www.snowlife.org.uk