Skadi Squad

Arctic winter training.

For people who want to be capable in the cold. Small groups. Experience over staging. Preparation, gear and provisions as one system.

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What we do

Arctic winter training as our core offer. Not a tour, not an experience product — a learning format under real conditions.

How we do it

Small groups, clear schedule, quiet methodical work. What counts is the clean repetition — not the dramatic moment.

What we work on

Preparation, gear, provisions, camp routines, safety. In winter you rarely fail at the training itself — you fail at gaps in one of these fields.

Winter Training

A training in arctic conditions — realistically planned, in a small group. You work on camp routines, layering discipline, cooking in snow, sleeping in the cold and on a realistic self-assessment.

  • Real cold — no indoor workshop, no comfort zone.
  • Small group — quality only emerges at limited size.
  • Clear prerequisites — we say honestly whether it fits.

Winter training in detail

Areas

Preparation

Resilience and routines, before you arrive at camp.

Bushcraft & Skills

Fire, shelter, navigation — functional, not decorative.

Gear

A system that keeps you warm, protected and able to work.

Provisions

Energy supply as a safety factor, not as comfort.

From the field

All field notes

Trainer and responsibility

Led by Sven Ruppert. Outdoor practitioner with a focus on winter training, bushcraft and physical preparation. Several years of experience in nordic and subarctic conditions.

Safety here is not a selling point — it is a baseline. Before every training there is an honest fit assessment; not every profile fits every format.

About SkadiSquad

Interested?

An application is not an automatic acceptance. We read each one ourselves, ask follow-up questions and get back to you personally. If your profile doesn’t fit at the moment, we’ll say so honestly.

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