VIDEO: 5 Amazing Trails Near the Alps’ ‘Great Lake’

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Lago Maggiore, or “Greater Lake,” sprawls across the Swiss-Italian border, and the surrounding region offers ample opportunities for trail runners. This video, by Filme von Draussen, follows runner Frederik Gregaard on five of those trails, running through forested slopes, past old cottages, into snowy alpine tundra and onto crucifix-topped peaks.

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