The team at the Domaine du Frigoulet bike station maintains most of the trails in the Ardèche region with its own team. However, the network of trails has grown enormously over the last few years and the effort required for well-maintained trails is now very high. As a result, the Frigoulet team is reaching its limits, particularly in the overgrown areas.

More than just house trails

The idea of a trail-building week came up. A week in which guests can get involved in trail building. Now, for the second time in a row, a trail-building week has taken place at Domaine Frigoulet. The motley crew started with the house trails around the Domaine du Frigoulet. The bike station has 600,000 square meters of its own forest and meadows, on which there are five different house trails. On these, existing bridges have been renovated, paths newly signposted and cleared of the lush growth of the southern French garrigues.

After the final work on the various house tails the maintenance team turned its attention to maintaining the "Heavy Duttli Trail". This is a 6.5-kilometer trail in a class of its own, which rides from the high plateau near St. Remèze to the imposing Ardèche Gorge. Divided into two teams, the trail was cleared and the notorious devastation caused by the wild boars was shoveled away. In total, almost 40 hours of work were invested in this section, which the Frigoulet guides could not have managed alone.

Since the beginning of April, the guides have been out and about again with their guests on the hidden trails in the Ardèche. The maintenance concept is a success, and so the trail construction week will be held again. The date has already been set: the trail construction week will take place from March 23 to 30, 2024.