Balzers opens Skillpark as a public school sports facility
Together with a forestry company and one apprentice each from a local road construction company and the forestry community of Schaan, the trail construction specialists from Trailworks spent around three weeks building the skills park in the Rheinauen near Balzers. This will mainly serve as a training area for children and young people from the community. It includes a trail around 500 meters long, stone fields and steps, sawn-up tree trunks to practise balancing and transferring, an uphill trail, a wooden seesaw, rollers and other elements so that the youngsters can continue to improve their riding skills or simply have fun.
The skill park was initiated by Remo Eberle, the former team mechanic from the Thömus-RN team. When the Balzers school was no longer able to hold swimming lessons indoors due to the coronavirus measures imposed, a teacher looked for an alternative outside. She quickly found an alternative in the form of mountain biking and created a makeshift course with a few boards and stones. She asked Eberle for help and he drew the municipality's attention to the need. It took some persuasion, but this led to success. The Balzers Skillpark is ready for operation and will officially open on April 30, 2022.
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