As part of Stratos, the "Bike Valais" project, lesser-known regions in the mountain bike scene, such as the Lötschental, are now also opening up to the sport. And it is precisely there that the first trail after its adaptation will be opened on Saturday 22 June 2019. The 9.7-kilometre Breithorn Trail rides from Laucherenalp via Weissenried to Wiler. Thanks to the adaptation of various sections, it should now be accessible to a broad user group, including biking families with children from around twelve years of age, but also provide a lot of fun for advanced riders.

However, this first trail is just one part of a five-year expansion project. With the Breithorn Trail, a total of eight hiking trails will be renovated and adapted for dual use for mountain biking and hiking. The Bietschhorn East Trail to Fafleralp also shows that both user groups are being catered for. A new trail is being created in parallel so that mountain bikers and hikers do not have to stand on each other's tires and feet. This means that the two user groups can be separated. Construction of this trail will begin in 2020 as soon as the snow is gone.

Further expansion - also thanks to apprentices

In 2020, the Bietschhorn West Trail will be renovated and an almost 1.3-kilometre mountain bike trail with a flowing character will also be created on the Lauchernalp, riding from Stafel to Holz. The hiking trail from Kippel to Goppenstein has also already been renovated.

A special feature of the development concept in the Lötschental is that apprentices are helping with the development. Thanks to the close cooperation with the Marti Group, it sends 150 to 180 apprentices from various departments to the Lötschental every year. Spread over ten weeks, they work on the trails included in the concept under the supervision of foremen from "Trailworks - Biketrails & Wanderwege GmbH".

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