Diego was the flag bearer for the Swiss team at the 2018 Trail World Championships, held in Spain in early May. But above all, he loves Switzerland, and through the Montreux Trail Festival and this new challenge – Crossing Switzerland – he wants to showcase his country and its mountains and inspire everyone to go out and explore them.
“AS CHALLENGES GO, THIS ONE IS QUITE SOMETHING…”
Crossing Switzerland comes with some dizzying figures:
- 420 km through 6 cantons
- 14 passes in the Swiss Alps
- 17 summits, 2 of them over 2,500 m
- 26,000 metres of elevation gain
All to be completed in under 120 hours, in one go (day and night) and without stages.
To put it in perspective, a hiker would usually take 22 days to walk this route across Switzerland, between Vaduz and Lausanne!
Diego Pazos’s route through the Swiss Alps
26,000 metres of elevation gain
“PAVING THE WAY FOR OTHERS TO TRY CROSSING OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY!”
This Lausanne native is committed to bringing Swiss trail running to life. As co-organiser of the Montreux Trail Festival, which takes place at the end of next week, he wants to offer a new way of seeing his beautiful country.
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Through this unique project, he wants to promote values close to his heart, such as pushing your limits, respect for the environment and sharing around his favourite sport, while setting a reference time for the route. He hopes this will inspire his supporters to take him on and discover new horizons that few trail runners know yet.
At Algorigin, we will all be behind Diego, cheering him on as he takes on this unique project – and perhaps behind you too, if you decide to follow in his footsteps between Vaduz and Lausanne!
