Trail Running Resources

Here are a few of our favorite online resources that we hope will make your trail running in the Chamonix Mont Blanc region even more enjoyable!

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Trail Running Gear for the Alps

• Trail Running Shoes for Running in the Alps
• Shoes for Alps Trail Running (video)
• Hats, Sunglasses and Gaiters for Trail Running in the Alps

Useful Tips for Trail Running in the Alps

• Apps for the Alps: Our Favorites for Trail Running and Traveling
• Tips for Trail Running in the Alps
• Tips for Early Season Running in the Alps
• Vegan, Vegetarian and Gluten-Free in the Alps
• How to Prevent Injuries Trail Running in the Alps
• About Patou, the Guardian Dogs of the Alps
• Helicopter rescue in the Alps
• The Long and Short of the Tour du Mont-Blanc
• How to make it easier to run in the Alps (video)
• Top tips from Chamonix’s leading physio at Clinique du Sport (video)
• How to train for the Alps, when you don’t live in the mountains 
• FAQ: Getting Ready to Trail Run in the Alps (video)

Trail Racing in the Alps

• Find your next race with Run the Alps’ Race Finder
• Training Tips for Trail Racing in the Alps
• Could this have been Chamonix’s first trail race?
• UTMB History from The Race that Changed Running

In and Around the Mont Blanc Region

• What to expect when visiting Chamonix
• The Hub Chamonix: Trail Runner Lodging in the Region
• Trail Runner’s Guide to Chamonix 
• Run the Alps Chamonix Virtual Tour  (video)
• Trail Running Chamonix’s Balcon Nord  (video)
• Courmayeur, Italy Trail Running Village Guide
• Trail Running on the Quiet Side: The History of Courmayeur, Italy’s Valle d’Aosta Trailers