Biking is actually quite relaxed in the canton of Schwyz. "The sport of biking has grown slowly and is generally accepted, even on hiking trails," says Philipp Waldis from the Schwyz Mountain Bike Association, "but there is no legal basis." That alone would not be a major problem. But since the canton of Schwyz, like all cantons, will have to transpose the national bicycle law into a cantonal law in the coming years, Waldis believes that the concerns of mountain bikers should be taken into account.

This is why he and like-minded people founded the Mountainbike Schwyz association in spring 2022. The canton of Schwyz is generally well positioned. It has a specialist department for non-motorized traffic and a mountain bike concept that coherently summarizes the needs of bikers and outlines suitable infrastructure. Coexistence on trails is formulated as a goal and basic rule.

"Now this concept just needs to be implemented," says Waldis. To ensure that the government does this, Mountainbike Schwyz has launched a petition. The association wants to show how many people in Schwyz are of the same opinion and also that the association would like to contribute its expertise to the implementation. "The petition is a request to the cantonal government to take the mountain bike concept into account when implementing the bicycle law," says Waldis, explaining the intention behind the collection of signatures.

Conveniently, Philipp and Beatrice Waldis ride an office that offers various services in the mountain bike sector. Currently, they mainly organize races, including the World Cup in Lenzerheide, Swiss Epic and other events. However, the Waldis couple have also already implemented tourism projects, as the list of references on the website shows. They would also be willing to help implement the mountain bike concept.

However, this should not give the impression that Phillip Waldis is only involved in order to land contracts for his office. Like his colleagues in the association, he is primarily concerned with ensuring that mountain biking in the canton of Schwyz remains as relaxed as it is.

To the petition from Mountainbike Schwyz