Our Partners

ALPSinsight is the creation of Dan Patitucci and Kim Strom of PatitucciPhoto. Their stunning photos of mountain sports in the Alps, combined with great storytelling, makes for one of the most compelling, informative and lively Alps sports websites going. Run the Alps is both a content and booking partner with ALPSinsight.

Working with the talented and knowledgeable team at Alpinehikers, we’re able to create some of the best trail running trips in the Alps. Troy and his staff are experts in the travel business!

Located in the heart of Chamonix, Big Mountain Bar is the place to hang out after a trail run in the Chamonix valley. 

The Bar is the Chamonix headquarters for Big Mountain Brewing Company – and we don’t know a better brewery, period. Big Mountain specializes in craft beers, and is an important part of our Run the Alps world, whether it’s the welcome beer we share with our guests at The Hub, the beers we pass around on our trail running tours, or at our end of the season staff party high above the Chamonix valley. 

Run the Alps is also a proud partner of Big Mountain Trail Club whose monthly runs happen on the last Wednesday of every month from spring through fall. If you’re in the valley during that time, plan to make it. It’s a great way to meet friends old and new!

It’s a fact: trail runners love great coffee. And in Chamonix, there’s just one place to get it: at Moody Coffee Roaster. A specialty coffee roaster and cafe located at 195 Avenue L’Aiguille du Midi, Moody is run by our friends, Ian and Georgina. They are experts in their craft, roast fresh coffee each week for customers from around the world. They also feature wonderful home-baked treats, beans to go, and more. Moody Roasters help keep Run the Alps staff, guides, friends and our guests at The Hub Chamonix fuelled and ready to run.

Mimmi Kotka, Chamonix-based friend of Run the Alps, set up Moonvalley with two other Swedish trail running athletes, Ida Nilsson and Emelie Forsberg. Our guides and guests eat their bars all summer – they’re vegan, organic and very tasty!

On is a partner in Run the Alps’ Hub, Chamonix and our annual Film Festival. We’re also long-time friends with On athlete, Meg Mackenzie. 

Based in Switzerland, this forward-thinking brand has grown rapidly since they started in 2010. We like the way they work to reduce their carbon footprint in both operations and production, for example using recycled materials to make their shoes.

Salomon continues to live and work on the cutting edge of trail running shoes and gear. Our Salomon friends range from their US offices in Ogden, Utah, to their world headquarters in Annecy, France. We admire their efforts to advance trail running and trail racing, including Salomon Advanced Week and Salomon Running TV.

Tailwind is one of our key nutrition partners and a supporter of our annual Film Festival. Their mixes make it incredibly easy to get the electrolytes and calories we need on long runs. Of course we’ll still stop for a Tarte aux Myrtilles at a refuge, but also having handy sachets of Tailwind means we won’t end up flagging on a long run.

Jeff and Brad Boggess have created one of our favorite trail running foods. Trail Butter is healthy, nutritious, tasty… and gives you plenty of power for the miles ahead. We haul a delivery over at the start of each season for our clients!

Run the Alps is proud to be an official partner of the Trail Running Film Festival, which features some of the best short trail running films from around the world each year. The global tour travels to dozens of locations, and the festival is available virtually, too.