About Runcation Travel

Runcation Travel is a small-group, guided and self-guided trail running tour operator designing adventure vacations in the world's best mountain landscapes. Founded in 2017 by Liz Gill — a runner of 25 years — Runcation began with Liz leading trips for her own extended running community. As the company has grown, that community-first ethos has stayed: warm, supportive groups where runners of all levels are welcomed, and where solo travelers regularly leave with lifelong running friends.

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What Makes a Runcation Different

Runcation runs trips for every kind of trail runner — from beginners stepping into mountain trails for the first time to experienced ultrarunners. Our four-level system (Levels 1, 2, 3, and Full Send) means there's a Runcation suited to your fitness and ambition. Trips range from comfortable hotel-based itineraries in 3- and 4-star accommodations to hut-to-hut traverses through the European Alps and Dolomites, to tent-supported routes in remote regions.

Every guided Runcation includes professional local mountain guides who live in the regions we run, baggage transfer between accommodations (you only carry a hydration pack), curated rifugio and boutique hotel stays, and a welcoming trip community to join before and during your trip. Group sizes are 8–14 participants. There is no single supplement for solo travelers — roughly half of every group are solo travelers, and communal accommodations are part of how the group bonds.

Custom Group Runcations

Beyond our scheduled departures, Runcation designs fully custom guided and self-guided trail running vacations for private groups — running clubs, birthday parties, family reunions, corporate retreats, honeymoons, and friend trips — in any of the regions we operate. Custom Runcations are tailored to your group's pace, distance, accommodation preferences, and travel dates.

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Trail Running Vacations by Region

Italian Alps and Dolomites. Four Dolomites itineraries: a guided hut-to-hut along an Alta Via 1 variant, an All-Levels basecamp from Cortina, a seven-day South Tyrol Dolomites + Slovenia tour, and a year-round self-guided hut-to-hut option.

Tour du Mont Blanc, France/Italy/Switzerland. Nine-day guided traverse of the full TMB, plus year-round self-guided from Chamonix.

Patagonia, Argentina. Eight-day guided trips to El Chaltén in January and February, plus November–March self-guided.

Peaks of the Balkans, Albania/Kosovo/Montenegro. Guided summer departures plus self-guided.

French and Spanish Pyrenees. Private-group guided and year-round self-guided.

Swiss Alps, Jungfrau region. Our Family Runcation pairs adult-paced trail running with on-site professional childcare so parents can run while their kids are looked after — the first trail running vacation of its kind. Learn more →

Peru. Run-to-Machu Picchu adventure and a Sacred Valley All-Levels trip.

California Sierra. Long-weekend Mammoth Lakes and Yosemite trip, plus custom guided groups.

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