Until now, adrenaline-fuelled bikers had to cover the last 100 meters or so of altitude down to the valley on a narrow road. Not only was this not much fun, it also led to dangerous situations between cyclists and other users. This should now be a thing of the past. Bikers will have their own line down into the valley and the trail will be extended by 800 meters.

The boss at the shovel is Alex Künzi. He is employed part-time by the Sunnbüel cable car for trail maintenance and is now also taking care of the new construction. "We are not allowed to use construction machinery in the area. We use this to our advantage and build a beautiful, natural single trail by hand." In the upper section, the trail runs along an abandoned hiking trail. "The line is there, we clear the old path and make it suitable for biking with a few berms and wooden footbridges over wet sections," he describes. The lower half of the extension rides over a pasture. Künzi and his colleagues are allowed to shovel a new route there. Künzi specifies: "But there are also stone fields and root passages where we don't do anything. Like a French downhill race, the route is created by biking."

Künzi estimates the costs at between 15,000 and 20,000 francs. Funding will not be a problem, he says, as applications have been made to the municipality and the tourism fund. Künzi also wants to launch a crowdfunding campaign. The Kandersteg Bike Club and other bikers from the region will make their contribution with construction work. They will be rewarded with a season ticket. The cable car will start operating in summer on May 30. The single trail into the valley will also be ready by then. "We have already completed the section in the forest. We'll manage the rest too," the trail builder is convinced.