Sport Conrad

On 15th and 16th of February 2025, you will have the exclusive opportunity to test the latest alpine skis from VAN DEER-Red Bull Sports. The meeting point is the Wetterstein lift in Ehrwald, nestled in the breathtaking scenery of the Tyrolean Alps beneath the Zugspitze.

Ski touring is more than just a sport - it is an invitation to experience nature intensively and discover the magic of snow-covered mountains away from the piste. But what does it take for children to enjoy this adventure safely?

January 2025, the year starts with beautiful snow, lots of sunshine, sometimes heavy snowfall and some great tours with our speedy splitboards. Splitboarding has been around for a long time now. But if you want to go on a tour with a splitboard, you first need to clarify a few things. How does it even work? Which splitboard is right for me? Which boots do I actually need? Do I really need poles? Where can I go splitboarding? Which terrain is suitable? What tricks and tips are there? Who can I ask? Well, us! From now on we'll be writing smaller and easily accessible articles from the life of a splitboarder every other week. We'll try not to get too bogged down in nerdy details. On the one hand, these articles can be helpful to answer the questions mentioned above, but on the other hand, we would also like to encourage experienced splitboarders to post their opinions and join in the discussion.

The perfect combination of a very sporty, downhill-orientated freeride boot that doesn't disdain the occasional ascent.

Sport Conrad's Snow Safety Days are aimed at budding freeride and ski touring enthusiasts and are a first introduction to lifelong learning about avalanche danger. The theory was first crammed into the head office in Penzberg and then put into practice the next day on the Zugspitze. The program was spiced up with the best advice on avalanche safety equipment.

Autumn has brought us several weeks of beautiful high-pressure weather and has melted away most of the snow from September, but winter is slowly picking up speed again. Time to pay a visit to the Sport Conrad shop in Penzberg. The shop covers over 2000 square metres and focuses on freeride, alpine skiing, ski touring, snowboarding and splitboarding, especially in winter. Sebastian is already waiting for us, he has been working as a salesman at Sport Conrad for several years.

Sport Conrad is a partner of PowderGuide and has almost everything we would still need in our equipment cupboard. But Sport Conrad also cares about safety and invites us to the Snow Safety Days. On Friday in Penzberg, you can inspect new avalanche safety equipment with advice and in the evening, experts will give talks on tour preparation, risk management and weather forecasts. On Saturday, we'll then head up to the Zugspitze with mountain guides to put theory into practice.

The most important piece of equipment when skiing, even before the safety half, is the complicated part that enables your legs and feet to connect to the gliding plates. Although all of the skier's movements are transferred to the skis via this connection and this influences the quality of the skiing, too little attention is usually paid to the exact fit for your feet.

Whether skis, snowboard or touring equipment: your equipment is your most important companion on the mountain. It determines fun and comfort, but also safety and, in an emergency, life and death. In this article, in collaboration with our partner Sport Conrad, we present the average lifespan of your equipement,, how you can recognise when it's time to replace it and which tips will help you to better assess the condition of your equipment. This article covers the categories; ski/snowboard, touring equipment, alpine touring equipment and safety equipment and provides tips on the lifespan and maintenance of your equipment.

Pin bindings are becoming more and more widespread and have almost replaced the good old frame binding. But how do they actually release and what do you need to bear in mind?

The ski touring season has long since begun and you can see ski tourers scaling the mountains everywhere. But what should you look out for while ski touring when it gets warmer? What is the right skin for me? What can I do about stubborn skins? We spoke to Sebastian Dorn from Sport Conrad and put together a brief overview of everything you need to know.

Our partner Roeckl Sports has a whole range of interesting gloves in its programme, which are not only of high-quality workmanship, but are also often made from the most sustainable materials possible. We have tested how one of the top models, the Mieders GTX, performs in practice.