Above: Participants before the 2024 Snowman Race. Photo credit: Snowman Race. Race to save the planet From October 24 to 28, 2024, in the remote Kingdom of Bhutan, seven Bhutanese and nine international trail runners competed in a grueling high-altitude five-day stage race, The Snowman Race. The course followed the historic 125-mile Snowman Trekking route,… Read more »
Continued from Part 1 of Bhutan’s Snowman Race Raises Climate Change Awareness. “I found all my expectations surpassed.” — Sarah Keyes, Snowman Race participant, Eastern Mountain Endurance coach, ATRA advisory board member and professional runner. After a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, The inaugural Snowman Race was held successfully on October 13, 2022…. Read more »
The Kingdom of Bhutan is launching one of the world’s toughest high altitude ultramarathons, the Snowman Race which will take place along the historic Snowman trekking route in the Eastern Himalayas on October 13, 2022. This 138 mile (222 kilometer) point-to-point route through remote Himalayan wilderness sits at an average elevation of 14,000 feet (4,267… Read more »
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