HOKA Val d'Aran by UTMB® iniciatives

UTMB® for the Planet is UTMB® World Series sustainability strategy that embodies our commitment to creating a positive impact on the world. As a global leader in trail running, we understand the importance of our role in shaping a sustainable future for our sport, our communities, and our planet. UTMB® for the Planet is a promise to our stakeholders, our participants, and our communities that we will strive to make a difference. We are dedicated to preserving the beautiful environments we run in, leaving a positive legacy in every territory we touch, and ensuring the well-being of each runner who joins us on this journey.

In HOKA Val d'Aran by UTMB® we love to have the best people around us. That is why we collaborate with ADDA, the Aran Association for the Disabled, who are in charge of preparing the marking of the event and part of the trophies.

In the three editions of HOKA Val d'Aran by UTMB®, different tasks have been carried out during the months leading up to the races: tasks related to the marking of the routes, such as the preparation of the ribbons and the markers which will be distributed throughout the valley; and other more as the creation of magnets and trophy plaques for the winners which require attention and precision.

ADDA - ASOCIACIÓ DISCAPACITATS D'ARAN

UTMB® Iberia is committed to the recovery of the mountains of Tenerife.

Through the NO tee - ONE tree campaign, the runners of HOKA Val d'Aran by UTMB® and Tenerife Bluetrail by UTMB® can renounce their technical t-shirt and donate this amount to the Tenerife Renace initiative. In this way, UTMB® Iberia will double the donation of the runners for the Tenerife Renace cause, an initiative of the Foresta Foundation and the Cabildo Insular with which environmental restoration actions are planned in the areas affected by the forest fire which started in Tenerife in mid-August 2023.

Last summer the island of Tenerife suffered the worst fire in the Canary Islands in the last 40 years. The flames started on the night of 15 August in the highlands of the municipality of Arafo and eventually affected a perimeter of more than 90 kilometres. Almost 15,000 hectares were razed to the ground and more than 12,000 people had to be evacuated.

From UTMB® Iberia we want to collaborate with the recovery of the mountains of Tenerife. For this reason, we have launched the NO tee - ONE tree campaign by which the runners of HOKA Val d'Aran by UTMB® and Tenerife Bluetrail by UTMB® at the time of registration, each runner has the opportunity to renounce their technical t-shirt and donate this amount to the Tenerife Renace initiative.

Tenerife Renace

HOKA Val d'Aran by UTMB® has donated 2,500 euros of the funds collected in 2023 by the UTMB® Cares Foundation to the Association against Cancer of Lleida, organiser of summer camps in the Val d'Aran for children with cancer or with relatives in the process of cancer.

75 children between 6 and 15 years of age from all over Spain who have or have had cancer will once again enjoy the summer camps. In addition, 20 boys and girls between 15 and 17 years old will be able to enjoy the WorkCamp.

They will be hosted at the Era Garona youth hostel, in Salardú, and at the Conangles Refuge, between 14 and 21 July. The main objectives are: to improve the quality of life of the children and their families, enjoying nature, promote values and stimulate personal and social skills.

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