Everest in the Alps has been described as the hardest four days on skis – adding a unique mental strain to an already intense physical challenge. Each day we will climb for 10-12 hours, burning 10,000 calories and using the energy required to complete three marathons – that’s every day for four days! We will sleep in mountain huts and set out before dawn in temperatures that can drop as low as -30c. The goal is to climb the 8,848 vertical metres that Mount Everest sits above sea level.  This is done “skinning” uphill on skis over four days in the Swiss Alps.  

Everest in the Alps was launched by Rob Ritchie, whose son Toby was just five-years-old when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour.  Living with a brain tumour is Toby’s Everest and he faces his challenge every day. We’re taking on this challenge to raise funds for The Everest Centre, a research centre dedicated to making finding kinder, more effective treatments so children in the future don’t need to face a challenge like Toby’s.