The Bikepark Thunersee association submitted a planning application for two mountain bike trails in the Thun area two and a half years ago. After the planning application was published in the official gazette, eleven objections to the mountain bike trails were received, ten of which concerned the route from Goldiwil to Wartboden. The first route from Rabenfluh to Steffisburg was approved by the governor in November 2019 and has now been built.

After the opening of the Rabenfluh Trail in April 2020 marked the start of the ambitious Bikepark Thunersee project, the project team is delighted with the governor's decision. "It's another step in the right direction towards realizing our vision," says the president of the association, Sam Hunziker.

After clarification discussions with landowners and specialist bodies, it became clear that the route from Goldiwil towards Thun would have to run partly along Goldiwilstrasse, could not end at Wartboden and therefore a route to Thun would have to be planned. A further change to the project took wildlife protection into account. No objections were received to the project changes.The nature conservation and building regulations have been complied with and the necessary official reports have been submitted, meaning that District Governor Marc Fritschi was able to approve the second route. It now ends in the old Goldiwilstrasse. Unauthorized and unsecured mountain bike trails harm nature; they endanger pedestrians and cyclists. The new construction of legal trails is intended to disentangle hiking trails and cycle routes and limit the impact on nature to the legal routes. This project is supported by the Burgergemeinde Thun as the owner of the forest and by the town of Thun.The remaining objections primarily demanded that cyclists should not be allowed to use the Schwendibachstrasse to reach the site. The regional governor dismissed the objections insofar as they could be upheld and noted private law concerns as a legal safeguard.
According to Jérôme Hunziker from the Bikepark Thunersee association, the trail from Goldiwil to Thun should open in spring 2021 at the latest.Lake Thun Bike Park Association

The association has been working for over five years to promote biking, legal offers and coordination between the needs of bikers and hikers. It works together with forest owners and municipalities, plans and builds trails, routes and facilities. Another project that has already been approved is the flow trail from Beatenberg to Beatenbucht.

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