For objectives that define you.
Higher Ground's deepest engagement — full, ultra-personalized 1:1 coaching for ambitious goals, from a first serious high-altitude objective to a no-oxygen 8,000er. One athlete, one objective, nothing generic.
The entire readiness system is the product.
The Performance Lab is Higher Ground's premium coaching practice — built for elite athletes preparing world-class objectives, and equally for anyone who wants that same level of ultra-personalized attention applied to their own ambitious goal, whatever the scale.
Coaching subscriptions sell you a training plan and leave you to assemble the rest. The Lab is built the other way: the full Altitude Readiness System, applied at maximum depth — testing with partner labs, individualised hypoxic protocols, periodised nutrition, field-based monitoring, and go/no-go readiness decisions governed all the way to your objective.
This is coaching built around one person: you, your objective, and nothing generic in between.
Defined by the stakes, not the sport.
The Lab isn't limited to one discipline, or to one level of ambition. What matters is that your objective is real to you — dated, serious, and worth preparing for properly.
Whatever your discipline — if readiness is a decision, not a feeling, this is where it's made.
- First serious 6,000–7,000m objectives
- 8,000ers without supplemental oxygen
- Speed ascents & FKTs
- First ascents & major alpine faces
- High-altitude ski descents
- Altitude ultra races
- Technical objectives at altitude
Proven where it counts. Right now.
The Altitude Readiness System isn't theory — it's operating today, at the highest level there is.
Simon Niklaus
The first step of a long-term project: all fourteen 8,000ers, without oxygen — a feat achieved by fewer people than have flown to the Moon. Right now, Simon is on Manaslu, applying the full system in real time — the testing, the individualised hypoxic pre-acclimatisation, the field monitoring and checkpoint verdicts that got him to departure, now being tested against the mountain itself.
Follow the preparation →One example of the system at work — not the whole of it.
The Lab prepares athletes and premium clients across mountain and altitude disciplines, at every level of ambition.
The readiness manifest.
Everything below is included. Nothing is an option, an upgrade, or an extra — it is simply how we prepare you.
Dedicated 1:1 coaching
Programming in adaptive 1–2 week blocks, reviewed daily and adjusted to your feedback, travel, and real life — by your coach, not a roster.
The Altitude Readiness SystemProprietary
The methodology developed by Higher Ground, governing training load, acclimatisation, and go/no-go readiness decisions across your entire preparation.
Pre-acclimatisation protocol
A structured, individualised altitude preparation plan built for your specific objective, timeline, and physiology.
Periodised nutrition
Fuelling that adapts to the work, synced daily to your training calendar and managed within the engagement.
TrainingPeaks
Full access, configured for every session from day one.
Physiological testing
Protocol design with our partner labs, and full interpretation of your results folded back into your programming.The Lab covers the protocol and the interpretation; testing itself is arranged and billed directly by the partner lab.
Strategy & dialogue
A standing monthly call, and continuous asynchronous contact with your coach in between. Questions never wait for an appointment.
Objective-day strategy
Pacing, fuelling, and contingency planning for the day itself — decided together, before you need it.
Price on request — scoped to your objective and timeline.
Discuss your project →You already have a coach and need the Altitude Readiness layer only.
We integrate rather than replace. If your training is already covered and working, the Altitude Readiness System can be added as its own layer — altitude strategy, individualised pre-acclimatisation, and readiness governance, built specifically for your objective and coordinated with your existing coach rather than competing with them. You keep the coaching relationship you already trust; we own the altitude-specific readiness on top of it.
Price on request. Discuss the Altitude Layer →
The Lab is a full commitment — and it isn't for everyone.
It's built for a close, ongoing 1:1 relationship — real-time adjustment, direct access, one objective held at a time. If you're looking for something lighter or more self-directed, you'll be better served — and better value — elsewhere in Higher Ground.
Discuss your project.
Tell us your objective, your timeline, and what "ready" needs to mean for it. We take one objective per athlete and keep engagements deliberately close — if the fit isn't right, we'll tell you and point you somewhere better.
Let's talk