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Mike Ambrose with Run the Alps shirt and poles at his belly
Jun 14, 2020
Guest Blogger

Trail Running with Run the Alps around Annecy, France

Run the Alps now offers private guiding for 1-3 days, around the Alps. Our guide network reaches from Switzerland’s Berner Oberland to Italy’s Dolomites to Chamonix, France– and everywhere in between. One of those great places to trail run in the Alps is Annecy, France. Called the “Venice of the Alps,” thanks to the centuries-old

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May 30, 2020
Doug Mayer

New! Run the Alps Guide Service

Whether you’re looking for a trail running guide in Switzerland’s Berner Oberland, the Dolomites, or France’s Chamonix valley, Run the Alps can now help. We’ve just launched our new trail running guide service– you can check it out, right here. Our new booking service came from the steady drumbeat of emails we’ve received over the

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Simon with antlers in Scotland
May 11, 2020
Emily Geldard

Trail Running (or not) During Confinement

As federally imposed confinement periods wind down around Europe, we thought we’d check in with our Run the Alps staff, to see how they’ve been coping during this uniquely challenging time. Most of the Run the Alps team is based in the French Alps, where Covid confinement has been particularly strict. To leave the house,

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Apr 21, 2020
Mark Brightwell

Running (and other things) in a Time of Pestilence

Mark Brightwell is a licensed International Mountain Leader and guide for Run the Alps. He is currently riding out the pandemic in the United Kingdom’s Hampshire countryside with his family. You can read about the role trail running played in his recovery after being injured in a rocket attack in Iraq, in this story.  So

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Kim Strom trail running through the old dairy farm village of Meglisalp, in the Alpstein mountain region of eastern Switzerland.
Apr 16, 2020
Emily Geldard

The Run the Alps Guide to Alps Trail Running Articles

The trail running scene in the Alps is one of the most vibrant in the world, offering up interesting personalities, rugged races, and runs that vary from Heidi-like high pastures to highly technical traverses over glaciers and along narrow mountain ridges. Run the Alps staff, guides and friends recently gathered together to create a list

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