Austria Ski CME
Feb. 20 – Feb. 27, 2027

Join us in St. Anton, Austria for a one-of-a-kind ski week that blends big-mountain adventure with wilderness-focused CME in an unforgettable alpine setting. This course is built for those who want to combine a true ski vacation with practical, travel-relevant medical education—including cold-related illness and the most common ski and mountain injuries encountered abroad.

We’ll complete the core curriculum of this CME certification course while you ski some of the most iconic terrain in Europe. With group transportation from Zurich, a 7-night stay in St. Anton, a 6-day ski pass, all breakfasts and dinners, and 17 hours of CME, you can leave the logistics behind and focus on what matters: excellent skiing, hands-on learning, and meeting like-minded clinicians who want their continuing education to feel more like a real adventure.

This is a nearly all-inclusive, hassle-free week designed to deliver high-value education in a setting that’s as inspiring as it is fun—and you’ll head home with new skills, new connections, and stories you’ll be telling for years.

If you’ve been looking for a CME experience that feels less like a conference—and more like the ski trip you’ve always wanted, with real-world medicine woven in—this is it.

This course is designed for individuals who want to combine a true alpine ski vacation with adventure-focused continuing medical education, delivered in a real-world mountain environment.

This is a small-group, highly social experience built around shared adventure, learning, and time on the mountain. Days are active and collaborative, with evenings spent learning together and connecting over meals. Participants often arrive solo and leave with strong friendships and professional connections that extend well beyond the trip.

This is not a ski vacation with a few lectures added on — it’s a full alpine immersion where world-class skiing and meaningful wilderness medicine education are seamlessly woven together.

You’ll spend your days carving turns across one of Europe’s most iconic ski regions, moving from village to village, piste to piste, surrounded by dramatic alpine scenery. Evenings shift gears into small-group CME sessions, where learning feels natural, relevant, and deeply connected to the environment you’ve been skiing in all day. It’s adventurous, social, and intentionally designed to feel nothing like a traditional conference.

St. Anton isn’t just a ski destination — it’s the heart of a vast alpine playground. With a single ski pass, you’ll have access to over 80 lifts, 160+ miles of marked trails, and thousands of acres of off-piste terrain connecting St. Anton, Lech, Zürs, Stuben, and beyond. Add in cozy mountain huts, long ski days, and legendary après-ski culture, and you have a week that feels both epic and effortless.

Education happens in the same environment where the medicine applies. This course focuses on cold exposure, ski-related trauma, and injuries commonly encountered while traveling and recreating abroad, taught by experienced faculty who specialize in wilderness and austere medicine. Concepts discussed in the classroom are reinforced by the terrain, conditions, and real-world context surrounding you — making the learning more intuitive, memorable, and practical.

This rhythm keeps days active and fun, while evenings remain focused, social, and educational — a balance that allows you to ski hard, learn well, and still feel energized throughout the week.

Yes, you’ll earn up to 17 hours of CME — but you’ll also leave with:

Most people leave surprised by one thing:

They can’t believe this actually counts as CME — and immediately start asking where the next trip is.

7 Nights / 8 Days (Feb. 20–Feb. 27, 2027)

Zurich St. Anton Zurich

World-class skiing in St. Anton, Austria—combined with immersive, real-world wilderness medicine CME in a true alpine environment.

Zurich St. Anton

St. Anton

St. Anton Zurich (ZRH)

Participants are responsible for booking their own flights.

Please review CDC recommendations for travel and discuss your travel plans with your physician for any necessary vaccinations or pre-trip precautions you may need.

Trip preparation resources:

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

    •    ACCME Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Wilderness Medical Society and Wild Med Adventures, LLC. The Wilderness Medical Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    •    The Wilderness Medical Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 17 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    •    All educational content presented in this activity has been reviewed and validated as appropriate in keeping with sound scientific principles.

Ben Mattingly, MD, FAWM

Mike Cavanagh, PA-C

Educational instruction is provided by the Wild Med Adventures faculty, who are responsible solely for the medical education and CME components of this course.

All travel logistics and trip coordination are provided by Wild Med Adventures in partnership with Alphorn Tours. Wild Med Adventures faculty are not ski guides and do not provide technical instruction, gear, or safety equipment for skiing or mountain travel.

Participants are responsible for their own skiing decisions, personal safety, physical preparedness, and appropriate use of equipment at all times. Instructors and faculty may change based on availability.

Full payment is due 90 days prior to the course start date.
A $500 late fee will be added for payments received after this deadline, or your spot may be forfeited.

Participants must carry personal medical insurance valid for international travel and are strongly encouraged to carry travel insurance covering trip interruption, delays, illness, or cancellation.

We recommend Global Rescue for remote and international travel coverage.

Participation in this course involves international travel, alpine skiing, winter mountain environments, and outdoor activities in remote and variable conditions. Activities may include prolonged time at altitude, cold exposure, skiing on marked and unmarked terrain, lift-served mountain travel, and transportation in mountainous regions. These activities inherently involve risk, including but not limited to personal injury, illness, equipment loss or damage, evacuation delays, travel disruption, and exposure to environmental hazards.

Participants are solely responsible for their own skiing decisions, conduct, and use of equipment at all times. Wild Med Adventures provides medical education only and does not provide ski instruction, guiding services, avalanche assessment, or safety oversight related to skiing activities. Lodging, transportation, and ski-area operations are provided by third-party vendors. Wild Med Adventures and its faculty are not responsible for ski conditions, terrain, lift operations, weather, equipment performance, or participant decision-making while skiing or traveling.

This course requires a good level of physical fitness and the ability to tolerate cold environments, altitude, and consecutive full ski days. Participants are responsible for evaluating their own physical condition, skiing ability, and medical readiness prior to participation. Participation is not advised for individuals with medical conditions or physical limitations that could be exacerbated by strenuous activity, altitude exposure, or cold weather environments.

Participants are responsible for obtaining and maintaining appropriate insurance coverage for the duration of the trip. Personal medical insurance valid for international travel is required. Rescue and evacuation insurance is strongly recommended for participation in alpine and remote environments. Trip insurance is strongly recommended to cover potential delays, missed connections, weather disruptions, illness, injury, or trip interruption.

Participants are responsible for securing all required travel documents, including passports and any applicable visas. Entry requirements vary by nationality and are subject to change. Participants are responsible for ensuring compliance with all international travel, entry, and transit requirements.

By enrolling in and participating in this course, participants acknowledge and accept the inherent risks associated with international travel, alpine skiing, winter mountain environments, and wilderness-related activities. Participants voluntarily assume full responsibility for their participation and agree to release Wild Med Adventures, its faculty, partners, and affiliates from liability related to risks inherent to these activities.