Tag Archives: Italy

Max King, guest runner on the Monte Rosa Circuit 2025, shares what it’s like to make this tour with Run the Alps.

How has the organization managed to keep the vast majority of runners safe? To answer this question, Run the Alps visited the VDA Trailers headquarters during the TORX races and spoke with the organization about what it’s like managing risk and answering emergency calls.

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.

Ivan Parasacco is the voice of ultra trail running in northern Italy, including the internationally known Tor des Géants trail race around Aosta Valley.

It’s my first ever trail race: Italy’s Gran Trail Courmayeur 30km. The race starts in Courmayeur, climbs approximately 2,000 meters (6561 feet), and winds along the Val Ferret balcony.

Run the Alps interview with Erica Motta, Head of Communications for VDA Trailers, the organization powering the Aosta Valley trail running scene.

The year before the first edition of Tor, there was a “Zero Edition” with a grand total of four finishers. This wasn’t an official race. In fact, it was a trial run to prove the very concept.

We’re psyched to hear you enjoyed the collection we curated of our favorite Alps trail running films. We got great feedback on it! Several of the races below are partners with Run the Alps, and we have entries available each season, as part of our Run the Alps trips. Contact us for details.  So, grab

Recounting the monumental 330 km Tor des Géants trail race through the high Alps of Northern Italy.

After a long day of trail running along the lower flanks of Mont Blanc, through the charming medieval town of Courmayeur, Italy, our aching legs demanded that we surrender ourselves to the mountain of duvets that blanketed our bed. We slept for hours– enough so that in the morning, our stomachs growled at the thought