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15 February 2019 at 20:43:23 #819946

Hello, I’ll be in Grindelwald Switzerland in May 2019 for 11 days.. part of my daily activity’s running around the trail.. for safety concern, is there anything that I need to know like mountain lion or other things that are health hazard? Thank you..

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[Arno]

16 February 2019 at 9:06:59 #904320

Hi Gil, welcome to MySwissAlps!

General hiking tips concerning preparation and safety can be found here: http://www.myswissalps.com/hi king. For your daily running exercise I wouldn’t know of anything special to be aware of.

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16 February 2019 at 14:28:16 #904321

Thank you..

[Slowpoke]

19 February 2019 at 18:09:53 #904322

Hi Gil –

Are you used to running at high altitude?

Grindelwald and the valley floor are at only about 1000 meters, but the higher trails are often well above 2000 meters.

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http://www.alpenwild.com/stat icpage/trail-signs-in-the-swiss-alps/

Slowpoke

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19 February 2019 at 23:55:42 #904323

Hello, I did have a high altitude training back then when I trained marathon and I used to cycle up to 7000 feet mountain in our area.. but not lately though still physically fit.. The way I do any of my daily run especially new to an environment, I always pace my effort to start short slow gradual distances until I adjusted.. 😊

[Slowpoke]

20 February 2019 at 0:56:42 #904324

Glad to here that you are not a newbie to this.

Slowpoke

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20 February 2019 at 4:05:16 #904325

No mountain lions. Assuming you don’t attempt glacier crossings in running shoes (some have, amazingly), the biggest risk is sliding off the trail. Trail elevations are not high by Rockies standards.

NTL

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20 February 2019 at 4:58:19 #904326

thank u all for the info!