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Oct 12, 2019
Heather Ohly

Trail Run England’s Lake District in 2020

Run the Alps is offering a special, one-time only trip to a trail running paradise, England’s Lake District, next May! We know, it’s not the Alps. But at the encouragement of several guides and past guests, we’ve been exploring offering a special trip to this region for some time. The Lake District has some of

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Oct 4, 2019
Emily Geldard

Chamonix’s Vertical Kilometer: A Brief History

One of the more popular trail runs in Chamonix is also one of its more unusual ones –  the “Kilométre Vertical” or “KV” – “VK” in English.

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Sep 22, 2019
Doug Mayer

“Are You Experienced?” Running Italy’s Tor des Géants

Recounting the monumental 330 km Tor des Géants trail race through the high Alps of Northern Italy.

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Sep 20, 2019
Emily Geldard

Trail du Besso – A Tough New Race in Zinal, Switzerland

Early this past summer, Run the Alps received an email about a new trail race, the Trail du Besso. Seeing the stats – 56km and 5400 meters of ascent and descent – I thought it would be a great race for the end of the summer. The race appealed to me for several reasons. Often

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Sep 6, 2019
Chase Willie

Hotel Bouton d’Or: One of our Favorite Places in the Alps

After a long day of trail running along the lower flanks of Mont Blanc, through the charming medieval town of Courmayeur, Italy, our aching legs demanded that we surrender ourselves to the mountain of duvets that blanketed our bed. We slept for hours– enough so that in the morning, our stomachs growled at the thought

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