Running and Drinking in the Mountains

A 'Hash' is a strenuous walk following a trail of marks for about 60-90 minutes. Usually there are also one or two easier trails for the less energetic. You can run if you wish but most do not. At the end of the hash there are free beers and soft drinks.

A Hash is organised in a different part of Andorra each Saturday from April to December, and the trail is set by a different person (the 'hare') each week. The location is announced at the hash the previous week, by email and, of course, on this site.

After you have done ten hashes and been a hare you are presented with a Hash T-shirt. You get another award after 25, 50 and 100 hashes, providing you have been a hare since the previous award.

'Hash Bashes' in the form of dinners, picnics and barbecues are held about six times each year. For dinners in restaurants you get a subsidy if you have done five hashes in the last twelve months, and a larger subsidy if you have done ten hashes and been a hare. Recently we have also organised an annual two-day 'Away Hash' staying at a hotel in France or Spain.

Each hasher pays a fee (currently 2 Euros) for each week that he takes part, to pay for the drinks, the awards, the subsidies and some small expenses. School-age children are free. Dogs are welcome (and free) but must be kept on their leash before and after the run. Incessantly yappy dogs must remain in their cars until after the Hash Circle

Andorra is high, the countryside can be tough and the Hash House Harriers do not know if you are fit enough to take part. You do so entirely at your own risk and you need to be sure that you have the right clothes, equipment and accident insurance.