Have you always wanted to spend a night outside in the high mountains?
deuter is giving away an exclusive multi-day alpine experience for experienced mountain athletes. Together with mountain guide Ben Reuter, deuter invites you and your plus one to join a guided multi-day alpine traverse including a night outdoors — high above the valleys, reduced to the essentials. Sleep under the stars, wake up surrounded by alpine silence, and experience the mountains far beyond the comfort zone.
One winner and their companion will be selected from all applications to take part in the Multi-day Alpine Experience.*
* Participation is open only to those aged 18 or over who are resident in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France.
What is included
If you are selected, you and your partner will join an exclusive two-day guided alpine expedition with mountain guide Ben Reuter including one night in the mountains.
Your package also includes:
- a Guide backpack
- a Astro Pro sleeping bag
- a First aid kit
- meals during the tour
The two-day tour is expected to take place between 8 and 18 October 2026. Depending on weather, mountain conditions and participants' experience, the deuter Alpine Experience will take place in one of Switzerland's most spectacular alpine regions, including the Bernese Alps, Valais Alps or Uri Alps. The final route will be confirmed shortly before the tour.
Guide
Mountaineering backpack
For experienced alpinists who value a comfortable, secure fit and need a durable companion for extended alpine adventures.
Astro Pro
Down sleeping bag
For alpinists and backpacking adventurers looking for maximum insulation at minimal weight.
First Aid Kit
Top basic medical content
For experienced alpinists who value a comfortable, secure fit and need a durable companion for extended alpine adventures.
Your Alpine Experience Guide: Ben Reuter
Alpine Expertise from Practice and Research
The Alpine Experience is guided by Ben Reuter. A certified mountain and ski guide and member of the deuter Pro Team, Ben combines a passion for mountaineering with extensive scientific expertise. As a snow and avalanche researcher and Deputy Head of the Avalanche Warning Service at Météo-France, he has a deep understanding of alpine conditions and mountain safety. Together with his years of guiding experience, this makes him the ideal companion for an authentic and responsible alpine adventure off the beaten track.
Requirements for participants
This experience is open to experienced mountain athletes with solid alpine background, including multi-day alpine tours, mountaineering or glacier experience, confidence in exposed alpine terrain, and a very good level of physical fitness combined with strong alpine safety awareness. Participants are responsible for providing their own personal alpine equipment, including a climbing helmet, crampon-compatible mountaineering boots, a climbing or mountaineering harness and, where required, crampons and an ice axe.
Participants must be at least 18 years old and based in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland.
The application period runs from July 1, 2026 to August 16th, 2026.
Apply now
If you are selected, you and your companion will take part in the deuter Bivouac Experience free of charge. Your package includes:
- A two-day guided alpine traverse with mountain guide Ben Reuter
(expected to be two days between 8 and 18 October 2026) - Accommodation in accordance with the itinerary
- a deuter Guide backpack
- a deuter Astro Pro sleeping bag
- a deuter First Aid Kit
- Meals during the tour
- The final route will be selected based on weather, mountain conditions and the participants' experience. Possible destinations include the Bernese Alps, Valais Alps and Uri Alps.
Participation is open to individuals aged 18 or over who are resident in Germany, Austria, Switzerland or France and who meet the following requirements:
- Excellent physical fitness for long alpine tours with significant elevation gain
- Sure-footedness on steep mountain trails, scree, snowfields and easy rock terrain
- Confidence when moving in exposed alpine terrain and freedom from vertigo
- Experience using crampons
- Previous experience on demanding alpine mountain tours
- The ability to remain calm, focused and in control, even in challenging terrain
- Willingness to follow the instructions of the mountain guide at all times
- Personal alpine equipment, including a climbing helmet, crampon-compatible mountaineering boots and a climbing or mountaineering harness; depending on the route and conditions, crampons and, where required, an ice axe
Application deadline:
August 16th, 2026
