@janpipek Kongma La is hard. Now you have experience and it'll help for next time.

@janpipek Thanks! It was so good I'm going right back in a couple weeks. 😁 If you haven't been, go. If you have been, are you going back?

@recollir @bergmeister @stk It's been a big fun project that's still going strong. Have a great time here.

@bergmeister @recollir @stk Thanks everyone! I think you'll find a lot of options for the Berner Oberland on our site. 😉 It's loaded.
Let us know if you have questions.

https://elevation.alpsinsight.com/berner-oberland-trail-running-guide/

Just in time for the peak of trail season - our new Valais Trail Running Guide is ready for action!

From now until August 15, our online guide with 23 runs and peak scrambles is only 20CHF.

https://elevation.alpsinsight.com/valais-trail-running-guide/

Striking it rich at golden hour.

From our book, Sierra Trail Runs : A Guide to the Eastside

NEW RUN !
The Valsorey Vélan Loop from Bourg Saint Pierre. Best described as an odyssey, this one climbs 2000 meters, visits two great huts, traverses in and out and up and down all kinds of terrain, and includes a story about a 150 million Swiss Franc dinner bill.

https://elevation.alpsinsight.com/switzerland/valsorey-velan-trail-run/

ON SALE TODAY ONLY ! Our Sierra Trail Runs : A Guide to the Eastside book is on sale today for orders made directly through our publisher.
For European friends, this is California's Sierra Nevada, my home mountains, and a range loaded with great trail running. Great weather, tons of peaks over 4000 meters, sunny most every day, and readily available burritos.
It's a place to have a whole lot of fun. For Americans, you know the drill - the Sierra are just plain awesome.
Thanks!
To order, visit:
https://www.wolverinepublishing.com/store/sierra-trail-runs/

A new peak run is on the site!
Pointe Ronde is short but punchy, with a scramble, and a finish on the fast flowing Tour du Mont Blanc Trail. It's a quick hit between Chamonix and the Valais that includes a look and feel from both regions. You can find it on our site and in the Chamonix Mini-Guide - available for download.

https://elevation.alpsinsight.com/switzerland/pointe-ronde/

One run two worlds.
Exploring the back of Lauterbrunnen to the Tschingelfirn
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There's a sea of talus beneath that current sea of snow.
Descending Mt. Tyndall in California's Sierra Nevada while we were producing Sierra Trail Runs : A Guide to the Eastside

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Running in the Himalaya isn't for everyone, but if it's for you - here's a How To specific to our recent Three Passes Run.
https://alpsinsight.com/stories/how-to-run-nepals-three-passes

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Another new Alps run! This one includes a sustained, and very steep 1600 meter climb, plus 42km of fun. All from Interlaken:
https://elevation.alpsinsight.com/switzerland/interlaken-trail-running
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A new women's Mont Blanc FKT has been established by Hillary Gerardi at 7 hours 25'28". That's up and down.
Oh. my.

This summer's goal is to settle some unfinished business in a few of our favorite places in the Alps; Chamonix, Valais, Graubünden. Stay tuned for new runs coming to the site, plus another mini-guide that is clearly missing from the lineup.

@nirose A road is being built that'll impact the region, huge amount of helicopter traffic servicing the Everest area and increasing numbers of tourists who are not mountain people.

@bobfinger Be sure to get to Nepal soon, it's changing fast.

After five years, we knew we had to return to try and run Nepal's Three Passes in one day. But there were questions, Kim had been through a year of cancer treatment and my years were starting to show.
Did we do it? Kind of.
Our full story:

https://alpsinsight.com/stories/trail-running-nepals-three-passes/

#trailrunning #himalaya #Nepal #travel

Life in Nepal for a big trail running project. So far it's all prep for what's to come, which I predict will be fairly miserable.

Run smarter, not just stronger with a series of educational articles that help prepare you to go higher in the mountains.
Tap into our How to Trail Run resource pages for improving your mountain skills, with stories, gear advice, and even some fashion tips.
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https://alpsinsight.com/stories/category/trail-running-tips/