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November 17, 2025

Experience a virtual freeride day: Decide before you ride

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November 17, 2025

Experience a virtual freeride day: decide before you set off: Decide before you ride

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6 October 2025

The perfect handout for your freeride course:

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20 October 2025

Ready-made material for school lessons:

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The snow institute

The snow institute is a platform that develops and provides knowledge and teaching materials for teachers and initiatives in alpine regions. The content is based on current avalanche prevention standards and is specially designed to appeal to young people. It is suitable for use in the classroom as well as for practical application in the mountains.
Knowledgde
Knowledge is power – and sound knowledge forms the basis of our articles. We offer up-to-date content on the topics of snow, avalanches, alpine terrain and risk management at various levels (school – piste – backcountry). This gives you everything in one place, saving you time-consuming research and allowing you to pass on the knowledge you have acquired directly in school lessons, during winter sports weeks or in your avalanche and freeriding courses. Numerous teaching materials in multimedia formats are available for this purpose.

For
teaching at
school

Here, educators can find articles and teaching materials on the subject of snow and the dangers associated with it.
Level 1 ‒ School

Out
on the
piste

Topics relevant to preparing for a day of piste skiing or a school winters sports week are covered here.

Level 2 ‒ Piste

Freeriding
in the
backcountry

Here, trainers can find in-depth content to provide optimal training for young people who venture off the secured slopes.

Level 3 – Terrain
Teaching Material
In the teaching materials section, you will find the content of the knowledge articles in the form of ready-made teaching and learning materials. These are available for free download in various multimedia formats, such as presentations, educational games, worksheets, workshop materials, etc., and are suitable for a wide range of applications and age groups. You can explore topics in an exciting and playful way in school lessons, during winter sports weeks or on freeriding and avalanche courses with children and youngsters.
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Initiatives
In the Alpine region, numerous initiatives are committed to teaching young people about Alpine dangers. They offer a wide range of courses and training programmes – from first experiences in the snow to in-depth knowledge about Alpine dangers and how to behave in Alpine terrain. The snow institute provides all these initiatives with up-to-date documentation and supports them as best it can in their valuable work. This joint platform connects initiatives from Austria, Italy, Switzerland and Germany and presents them in a clear overview. You will find the contact details and a link to the relevant website, where you can view the courses on offer.

We connect initiatives from Austria, Italy, Germany, and Switzerland with each other.

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Preventive awareness-raising on an equal basis

The snow institute aims to reduce the number of young avalanche victims in the Alpine region to zero by communicating the appeal of snow in a compelling and positive manner, thereby raising awareness of the associated risks among the younger generation.

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