Alpine Venture in the Austrian Alps

With great natural diversity in beautiful mountains and forests with a host of interesting flora and fauna the Austrian Alps offer the ideal opportunity for school groups looking to experience exhilarating and stimulating activities.

The resort occupies 20,000 sq metres of land in Zell am See, a stunning location in the heart of Salzburg, Austria. Staff and students can relax with full board in this professionally staffed resort where adventures and activities are designed specifically to suit children and young adults.

In this mountain based location, a choice of hotel and hostel accommodation is on offer within close proximity of all the activities where robust operating procedures and full risk assessments are used to assure the safety for every adventure sports enthusiast.

Free-time is taken care of, with a superb selection of shops and boutiques in nearby, Salzburg including the popular shopping centre, Europark. Evening entertainment is on hand with two bowling alleys, a disco and quiz night by the resort. During your stay we recommend spending one night having a barbeque and taking advantage of the Tipi Night with a Native American bonfire.

The multitude of activities means there is suitable pursuits for any weather, making the Austrian Alps a year-round destination. For a free afternoon we suggest a visit to the Werfen Ice Caves in Eisriesenwelt for a tour of one of the longest caves in the world with magnificent ice formations and frozen waterfalls.

Wider curriculum links: Offering excellent adventure facilities, alongside sophisticated, welcoming Austrian culture in this scenic mountainous location, the Austrian Alps communicates a natural link between Outdoor Pursuits and other curriculum areas, including History, Geography, Physical Education and Geology.

Pavilion's Alpine Tours

Pavilion’s experienced, skilled and fully qualified instructors can expertly match students’ ages and abilities, ensuring that all participants will benefit from valuable and thrilling adventures in all of their chosen activities.

Tailored activity sessions are designed to meet each group’s individual needs. Teachers can specify desired aims and objectives to the team.

Adaptable to each group’s needs, a diverse assortment of action-packed activities are available to groups, all designed to challenge participants and give students’ the opportunity to push their own boundaries and reach their full potential during adrenaline-fuelled activities. These include:

• Giant Swings
• Trampolines
• Kayaking
• Windsurfing
• Swimming
• Sailing
• Mountain Biking
• Diving
• Gold Riding
• Climbing

Students will enrich their learning and experience further by completing exhilarating tasks and exercises set by the instructors, pushing their boundaries and allowing them to build confidence, self-esteem, communication skills and problem solving abilities.

During their stay, teams can expect:

• Aid, supervision and support from fully qualified instructors and a resort manager
• A wide choice of land and water based action-packed activities
• Robust operating procedures and full risk assessments

Curriculum Values

Recognising the varied and valuable role that the activity tour plays in the lives of young people, Pavilion encourages participants to become confident, reflective and well-rounded as people.

Our programmes encourage students to:

• Develop team building skills
• Advance their communication abilities
• Fine tune core skills, including - balance, alignment, shape and strength
• Improve performance, stamina and strength
• Gain confidence in making and applying decisions
• Integrate tactics, such as problem solving, into tasks