Category Archives: Stewardship

This past season, Run the Alps and Alpine Run Project, launched an internship program that included shadowing a guide on a Run the Alps tour.

Here are a few suggestions for holiday giving from Run the Alps Director of Social and Environmental Responsibility Hillary Gerardi.

Neak gives widely of their talents, coaching middle school cross-country, crafting hilarious games while leading a trail running club for kids, co-directing the Over the Rainbow Runs 10K/20K, pacing runners in half marathons for Beast Pacing, mentoring new runners and triathletes, and perhaps most importantly, providing pro bono consulting to a variety of race organizations, including Vacation Races, about how to better support trans and nonbinary runners.

Run the Alps founder Doug Mayer and I met up for coffee in the fall, to try to determine the carbon footprint of the company. We wanted to identify every potential impact – including baggage transfers, hotel rooms, meals and even the pre-trip material Run the Alps sends to guests. After an hour, we had

Run the Alps takes a look at how the climate is changing in the Alps and the consequences of these changes for the landscape, wildlife and local populations.

Trail Verbier St Bernard, TVSB, is one of the great trail races in the Alps. The event is held in the Valais canton of Switzerland near the Italian border.