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the start of UTMB as seen from above, with thousand of runners leaving Chamonix, France.
Jan 29, 2022
Doug Mayer

Run the Alps Underground Guide to UTMB® Week in Chamonix

We’ve compiled many of the questions we’ve received about UTMB® Week into this handy page, in hopes you might find it useful.

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A rescue helicopter in the air near a cliff.
Jan 18, 2022
Doug Mayer

Ultrarunner Luke Nelson joins Tahoe Wilderness Medicine Trip

One of our most enjoyable and interesting times of the season is our Wilderness Medicine trip with our good friends at Tahoe Wilderness Medicine. John Anderson, the trip leader and one of the founders of Tahoe Wilderness Medicine, is a wonderfully bright and talented Emergency Room doc and a strong ultra runner in his own

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Dec 31, 2021
Doug Mayer

Published: Your Grades for Our Run the Alps Guides

Our Run the Alps guides got their end of the year grades, and, for the first time, we are sharing the results with everyone, publicly. Why? Simple. Like a parent seeing their son or daughter’s stellar report card, I’m proud. Our guides are some of the best people I know. The fact is, Run the

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Meg Mackenzie running in Chamonix, France.
Dec 26, 2021
Doug Mayer

Run the Alps Announces Women’s-Only Trail Running Camp with Meg Mackenzie

What’s it like, living in Chamonix, France, the iconic mountain town that’s been described as the world’s home of trail running? Here in “Cham,” ours is a small, close-knit, friendly community. We support each other through our inevitable tough times, and we celebrate wins and successes together. In short, we’re tight. This past year, we

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A female runner runs in shorts alongside the Aletsch glacier, Switzerland.
Dec 23, 2021
Doug Mayer

Eiger Ultra Goes Big with a New 250 KM Race

The Eiger Ultra race series based in Grindelwald, Switzerland announces- Eiger 250, an epic run around the Jungfrau-Aletsch World Natural Heritage site.

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