We ran trails up to 7600 feet, through talus and over the moraines of the Wildstrubel glacier on a crisp clear morning. We ran under the iconic Matterhorn past centuries old chalets above Zermatt – and then several of us raced in one of the Alps’ best known trail races, Matterhorn Ultraks.

We ran across Alpine meadows, high mountain passes and cool gorges next to the Eiger, plus embraced the traditional festivities of Swiss National day – with plenty of local food and wine.

Blue skies, swift ascents and gorgeous trails – with plenty of pie, coffee and outstanding panoramas to fuel our journey and keep spirits high. Ours was a fabulous trip with memories to last a lifetime.

As the snow melted from the high passes on the Tour du Mont-Blanc, our crew tackled the run from Courmayeur, Italy to Chamonix, France – then took part in some of the world’s most famous trail races.

The Run the Alps Tour du Mont-Blanc trip takes in the trails joining together the alps of France, Italy and Switzerland. Over 7 days of running we cover over 90 miles and climb 7,000 meters. Our trip was in Courmayeur, Italy, as the famous UTMB trail race passed through town.

This year’s Matterhorn Ultraks trip had a larger-than-life quality to it– both the trail running and the guests! We ran across glaciers, travelled to Zermatt to run under the Matterhorn— and then ticked off a famous Alps trail race series. Here’s how it went.

The trip that had it all and more with thunder, lightning, snow, ice, sunshine, mobile cow milking… and the surliest waiter in all of Italy!

It was a spectacular week of trail running through Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland. The highlight came during Day 3, when we ran under the immense Eiger North Wall. Here’s my story of how that day unfolded, with a little trip summary below. It was a pleasure to join this great crew!

The Eiger Trail 2017 trip was an awesome week of trail running in the Berner Oberland and reconnaissance for a bunch of trail runners from around the globe. Not all of us raced, but those who didn’t ran around enough, cheering everyone else!