At 3,905 m, the Ortles is the highest mountain in South Tyrol, and the north face in particular is considered the highest ice wall in the Eastern Alps. But why is it so important for Recla's speck? The company is located between the Ortles massif and the Palla Bianca massif. The glaciers in the area have a strong influence on the climate, the air is very dry, fresh and pure. Away from the high-traffic roads, Recla uses 90 percent of outside air for drying and curing. The excellent curing of the speck therefore depends firstly on the area and its climate. This is why the Ortles also appears on the Recla family speck packages.

It is precisely because of its ideal location that the Recla family has chosen Silandro in Val Venosta as the headquarters of the company. Val Venosta is characterized by the wind, as the name suggests, and by more than 300 days of sunshine a year. It is a valley located between high peaks and glaciers. Here the air is pure, dry, fresh: the ideal conditions for curing speck! The art of curing consists of the right combination of humidity that must be between 55% and 90% and an ambient temperature ranging from 10 to 16 ° C.