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Planning a trail running trip to Zermatt, Switzerland? Run the Alps created a handy guide to Zermatt so you can enjoy our favorite places in this iconic valley.

Vertical races offer the perfect introduction to skimo racing. Here’s a few of our favorite uphill-only races in the Alps.

Skimo (ski mountaineering) in the winter can be a key component to preparing for the trail running season.

I hadn’t been running much during Europe’s sweltering 2022 summer, and so I liked the looks of the UTMB Wildstrubel® Wild 25 course. It was the shortest distance of the options 110, 70, 50 kilometers.

All told, 2022 was a remarkable year for Run the Alps. We had great trips, guests, and adventures.

Looking back on all of it, we gathered the stories, films, and tours that you enjoyed most.

We’re celebrating trail running in the Alps with a mini online film festival.

Run the Alps polled our guides, staff, and trail running friends, about their top Courmayeur picks to create this useful guide specifically for trail runners.

Researchers have covered nearly the whole spectrum of bodily functions to see what goes on during one of the hardest ultra-endurance events in the world. We’ve compiled the studies that are publicly available, online.

Run the Alps guides, ambassadors, elite trail runners and staff, have collected a few tips on how to run your first trail race in the Alps.

This past summer, filmmaker Milo Zanecchia joined Run the Alps staff and friends for a morning on one of our favorite stretches of the Tour du Mont-Blanc.