Before the winter season starts, most ski slopes are still closed. The glaciers are not. Our autumn camps take young racers onto glacier snow in September, October and November, so that they start the winter with training on snow already behind them.
The camps are for racers from U10 to U16. They are coached by the Hermann Maier Academy team, with a maximum of three to five athletes per coach and video analysis included in every camp.
Why Train on a Glacier Before the Season?
In the autumn the glacier is the only place with enough snow for proper ski racing training. The time is used step by step: free skiing to find the feeling for the snow again, technique work, and then gate training in giant slalom and slalom.
Video analysis is part of every camp. The coach reviews the runs with the athletes, so that each racer knows what to change on the next run and has a clear picture of what to keep working on when the winter season begins.
Our Autumn Camps
- September – Stelvio Glacier, Italy. The Stelvio September Ski Racing Camp is the first glacier camp of our season.
- October – Kitzsteinhorn Glacier, Austria. Three camps: Kitzsteinhorn 1, Kitzsteinhorn 2 and the longer Kitzsteinhorn 3, which runs into early November.
- November – Kitzsteinhorn Glacier, Austria. The November Ski Racing Camp is the last block on the glacier before our winter camps in Flachau and on the Reiteralm begin in December.
Exact dates and availability are on each camp page and in the camp calendar.
Snow and weather come first. A camp can only take place when there is enough snow and the glacier is open for training. Dates, locations and schedules may therefore change due to weather and snow conditions.
Kitzsteinhorn Glacier
The Kitzsteinhorn above Kaprun is the glacier ski area of SalzburgerLand, the same Austrian province as Flachau. Its lifts reach 3,029 metres, and the ski season there starts in October, weeks before the ski areas in the valleys open. It is the glacier for our October and November camps.
Stelvio Glacier
The Stelvio Pass in northern Italy is one of the largest summer ski areas in the Alps. Its slopes lie between about 2,760 and 3,450 metres and are open from the end of May to the beginning of November. Athletes from national teams and the World Cup train there, which makes the Stelvio a natural place for the first glacier camp of the season in September.
What Is Included
The same conditions apply to every camp, from the glacier in the autumn to the race weeks in the spring.
- Age group
- U10–U14
- Group size
- Maximum 3–5 athletes per coach
- Included
- Coaching, video analysis, race course, photos and videos
- Not included
- Lift pass, accommodation
- Accommodation
- Athletes arrange their own accommodation
- Price
- Price on request
Tell us which camp you are interested in and we will send you the price and the details.
Who the Autumn Camps Are For
The autumn camps are for racers from U10 to U16 who want to start the winter with training on snow behind them.
Racers approaching their first FIS season continue in Junior FIS, and athletes already racing for FIS points train in our FIS program.
Register for an autumn camp or see all our ski racing camps.