I haven't had a SwitzerlandMobility Plus subscription for years, partly because I can draw tours on Swisstopo. Why should I buy a SwitzerlandMobility travelcard again?

Dominik Blunschy (DB): With SwitzerlandMobility Plus, tours can be planned both on the desktop and in the app. All routes have detailed descriptions, photos and additional information such as overnight stays, places of interest, public transport connections, bike services, road closures and detour. Swisstopo primarily provides the route descriptions. Tours can also be enriched with your own markings, text and photos and integrated into websites via the map API.

What is a map API?

DB: With the map API, tourism organizations, providers or guides can integrate sections of the SwitzerlandMobility map, including routes, into their website free of charge. This looks like this, for example: Jura-Trois-Lacs-Seeland: Les Ordons Bike. The whole thing is free of charge. You can find more information here: SwissMobility Info.

What functions are only available with the SwitzerlandMobility Plus subscription?

DB: SwitzerlandMobility Plus offers all the functions for personal tour planning on the website and app: drawing tours, offline maps, GPX import/export, tracking and sharing tours. Markers with text and photos as well as grouping and filtering your own tours provide an overview. From spring 2026, a new speed formula developed with Swiss Cycling will improve the time calculation for bikes, MTBs, e-bikes and e-MTBs.

What will change with the new strategy?

DB: The main focus is on the quality of the routes and trail networks, the further development of the digital platforms, greater involvement of the community and sustainable organization - and financing structures. You can read more about this in our newsletter on the "SwitzerlandMobility Strategy 2025+".

I am a mountain biker and am primarily interested in single trails. What role do these play for SwitzerlandMobility?

Dominik Hug (DH): Single trails are very important. SwitzerlandMobility promotes their share, from planning and advice to improving the quality of existing routes. 

"New MTB routes are only included if they are sufficiently attractive." 

From spring 2026, selected MTB trails will also be presented separately with descriptions, photos, difficulty and travel information.

How big does the singletrail section have to be for a tour to be included?

DH: Giving a fixed number doesn't do it justice, as the routes depend on the overall package. If there is only one attractive single trail on a route, but it's worth the journey, the proportion can still be very low in purely quantitative terms. Concluding the tour with a highlight, if possible, has a more lasting effect on the memory than a purely numerical value. We therefore focus on the overall quality of new routes to be recorded.

Is there a way to only display routes that reach this minimum singletrail percentage?

DB: No, there is no such thing. However, you can use filters such as "Singletrail tours", "Enduro" or "Ingeniously legal" to find routes with a strong focus on trails. The proportion of single trails is clearly visible in the route information.
DH: In future, we want to highlight particularly attractive trails more strongly and present them separately.

SwissMobility supports the cantons in implementing the Cycle Route Act. How are the cantons progressing?

DH: As is usual in Switzerland, the cantons are making different progress. Progress varies, but is positive overall. Many cantons are well advanced or are currently laying the necessary foundations. The Roadmap Velo and the FEDRO's mid-term report on the implementation of the Cycle Route Act (2025) also provide information on this.

Some cantons are using the federal mandate to regulate mountain biking more strictly and restrict riding on narrow paths. How does SwitzerlandMobility react to this?

DH: We tend to see these as isolated cases. We always point out that attractive, legal offers are the most effective way to channel demand. As far as the revision of forest laws is concerned, they would have happened even if the Cycle Path Act didn't exist. This forces the authorities to deal with the issue strategically."

"At this level, it quickly becomes clear that nothing can be achieved with bans alone."

SwissMobility wants to push ahead with the digitalization of route information. What does that mean in concrete terms - what features are in the works?

DB: Our app is designed to make route planning even easier and more personal. We are also working on communicating a nationwide network of cycle and mountain bike trails to supplement the range of routes. There is no shortage of ideas for new functions. We will let you know when these are available.

Do you also use the data traces that cyclists leave behind when they are on SwitzerlandMobility routes, and if so, which ones?

DB: Data protection is a high priority. SwitzerlandMobility does not evaluate any personal location or tracking data. Information on payment transactions is only available to our customer support team when customers contact us with problems or questions about their invoice or payment.

As a mountain biker, I sometimes like to know whether the paths in an area are dry again or still wet and slippery. Would it be possible to provide this information based on weather data?

DH: The assessment of whether a trail is slippery or not is very individual. Technical solutions are therefore unlikely to provide a satisfactory answer. A daily status report based purely on meteorological data would not meet the requirements. It seems much more important to us to know whether certain trails should be protected after heavy rainfall. This requires an exchange with the trail operators.

SwissMobility is a public-private partnership. How much of the funding is public, how much is private?

DB: Around 35% of the SwitzerlandMobility Foundation's tasks are ordered and paid for by the public sector, the rest is privately funded.

Where do the private funds come from?

DB: The private funds are made up of the partnerships (contributions from accommodation partners, bookable offers) and SwitzerlandMobility Plus distribution.