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On your body. On your back. In your head.
Ortovox has made gear for winter in the mountains since 1980: wool for your skin, packs with room for emergency kit, and devices that find buried people.
Listen to the story
About 30 seconds of narration.
Experience Ortovox
Three things go up with you
Something warm on your skin, a pack with room for shovel and probe, and knowing what to do when a slope releases. One door for each.
Photo: OrtovoxChapter 1On your bodyMerino on your skin, jackets with wool. To put on and to reverse.
Photo: Ortovox / Max DraegerChapter 2On your backThree packs for freeride, ski touring and mountain tours, with room for emergency kit.
Photo: Ortovox / Max DraegerChapter 3In your headSearch, probe, dig: what you need to know when it counts.
Photo: Ortovox / Max DraegerTry itThe searchFind the buried person with the transceiver, step by step as on the debris.Start searching
Photo: Rendering: SportFitsScroll alongA day ski touringFrom the car park in Tulfes up the Glungezer and back, in 3D as you scroll. What matters is on your body, on your back and in your head.Come along
Chapter 1
On your body
On your body
Wool to wear
The reversible jacket for ski touring and the fleece with merino inside.
Which jacket?
Reversible
Ortler Metawool 60 REV
For ski touring: up with one side out, down with the other.
Ortler Metawool 60 REV Jacket W
- The side for going up
- Two front pockets
- The side for riding down
- Chest pocket
Chapter 2
On your back
On your back
Freeride, ski touring or mountain tour?
Choose where you are heading. The full stage shows what the pack can do.
Where are you heading?
Freeride
Free Rider 22
For days when the lift takes you up and the descent lies off the piste.
Free Rider 22
- Sits close to the body
- Pull it flat
- Two back lengths
- Soft back pads
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Chapter 3
In your head
The Search: find the buried person
The transceiver practice in 3D: signal search, fine search, probing. About two minutes.
Start the exercise
One buried person, two buried people, or the time trial with this week’s scenario.
Does not replace an avalanche course. Avalanche courses by the Ortovox Safety Academy · All about the search
Editorial
What Ortovox is good for
Strong at
- Emergency equipment from one brand: transceiver, probe, shovel, first aid and bivvy bag, also as a set.
- Wool in every layer, from the merino top to the insulated jacket with Metawool or Swisswool.
- Packs with their own safety compartment, many lines also with a shorter back length (S).
Not the focus
- Ortovox makes little for everyday city life. The brand comes from the mountains and stays there.
- A transceiver does not replace practice. Without a course and regular training it helps little in an emergency.
Assessment: our editors, November 2026. Based on Ortovox product pages, feature PDFs and history.
Sources
Product information, weights and materials: Ortovox product pages and feature PDFs, retrieved 5 November 2026. History: Ortovox history. Values and quote: Our values. Wool: Merino wool at Ortovox (German). Courses: Safety Academy. Layers and packing tips: editorial recommendation.
Why Ortovox
Ortovox comes from Taufkirchen near Munich and has made gear for the mountains since 1980. The brand calls protection its most important value, and that is what the range looks like: emergency equipment, packs with room for it, clothing with wool. Since 2011 Ortovox has been part of the Schwan-STABILO group.
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