The Mountain Bike World Championships took place in Valais from August 30 to September 14, 2025, bringing together eight disciplines for the first time. As a result, 1228 athletes from 60 nations competed for 27 titles and set a record number of participants. Now Valais 2025 is taking stock and looking to the future.

Alessandra Keller wins the long-awaited gold medal at the Short Track World Championships in Zermatt. Keller wins ahead of Jenny Rissveds and Jennifer Jackson. In the men's race, Victor Koretzky catches the supposedly certain winner at the finish line. Isabella Holmgren confidently defends her short track title in the U23 race, Adrien Boichis wins the U23 men's race by a wafer-thin margin ahead of Treudler in the photo finish.

There are only a few hotels like the Cervo in Zermatt. And there are also few trails with a backdrop like Zermatt. These two highlights are the extraordinary ingredients of the Ride Camp from October 3 to 5 in Zermatt.

After the heavy snowfall in mid-April, the effects on the bike infrastructure in Valais are very different. While the Lower Valais is already off to a good start to the season, clean-up work is still ongoing in other regions. Shuttle providers such as Trail Taxi are providing valuable support in assessing the damage and are already making safe bike tours possible again in some areas.

The Gornergrat Railway will stop transporting bikes in summer 2025, and mountain bikers will no longer be able to ride the legendary cogwheel railroad. The reason given is the "separation of hikers and bikers". However, this is not disentanglement but exclusion.

Zermatt is also fighting against overtourism and is therefore considering charging day visitors an entrance fee. A visit to the village at the foot of the Matterhorn would cost 12 francs. This is reported by several well-known media titles.

Kriss Kyle also lands in Zermatt, where the World Short Track Championships will be held in 2025. The Scotsman is welcomed and shown around by Nathan Taugwalder, a true Zermatt native. Taugwalder is one of the best skiers on the mountain and also knows how to handle a bike superbly. But it's not just the trails at the foot of the majestic Matterhorn that count for the local. Delicious and local dishes are also part of the daily menu served to Kyle.

Climbing the Matterhorn is on the bucket list of many people. Sandro Schmid has decided to combine it with the challenging mountain bike tour to the Hörnlihütte in Ride Check Zermatt. An experience with some challenges.

For some, mountain bikers who make the ascent easier by helicopter are reckless egotists who will walk over dead bodies for their pleasure. Should we give up this exclusive pleasure for the sake of trail peace? An order of interpretation.

The enduro riders had to wait a long time for the start of the Enduro World Series, and then it almost fell through - only almost. In the shortened race, Isabeau Courdurier and Jesse Melamed turned out to be the fastest helmsmen in the mud of Zermatt. The Swiss put in a good performance with Anita Gehrig in fourth place and Gusti Wildhaber in 18th place.

Rushing downhill by mountain bike for 10,000 meters in one day and never on the same trail - that's what the Bahnentour Davos stands for. Remo Thommen and Damian Ineichen were convinced that this is also possible in Valais. Their 100-kilometre trail journey took them from the Illhorn to Zermatt, not quite efficiently, but on the best trails. Did they still manage the 10'000?

Home races always have a special significance for athletes. On the occasion of the first Swiss Enduro World Series race, the Gehrig twins traveled to Zermatt with a filmmaker and now present a somewhat different look back at the big race at the foot of the Matterhorn - from training to the final barista session after the roaring party.

The TRAILLOVE Festival will take place in Zermatt from September 18 to 22, marking the first time an Enduro World Series race has been held in Switzerland. It goes without saying that the Swiss enduro stars want to show their best side. The Gehrig twins and Maxime Chapuis have already been there and now provide an insight into the secret preparations for the big home race.

From September 18 to 22, 2019, the Traillove Festival in Zermatt will once again celebrate the love of biking. With the season finale of the Enduro World Series and the Ultrafondo Chasing Cancellara Zurich-Zermatt, two top-class events will be brought together under one roof. In addition, a new format will be launched this year with the "Traillove Derby", a bike adventure of a special kind.

From September 14 to 16, 2018, everything in Zermatt will revolve around mountain biking. With the "Traillove Festival", Zermatt is getting a new summer event that bridges the gap between professional racing series and popular sports.

There may still be a lot of snow in the mountains, but a sign that the bike season is not far away comes from Zermatt. The "Bikepass Zermatt" is being offered there for the 2018 season, a day pass that allows mountain bikers and their bikes unlimited rides on several mountain railroads. Half-fare and GA travelcard holders benefit from special conditions.

The Enduro World Series has become synonymous with epic venues. With Zermatt, this global race series has chosen the most epic region for the finale in 2019. However, the trail search went high and a little beyond the limits of what is feasible - with a wink, of course.

It's been a long time since the first race of the Enduro World Series in 2013 before Switzerland was put on the map as a host country for the first time. Zermatt, a place steeped in history, is set to host the Swiss World Series premiere in 2019. The race is one of the main attractions at the second "TRAILLOVE" mountain bike festival at the foot of the Matterhorn.