For a long time, we had to stay at home and limit outdoor sports activities. In many places, nature has enjoyed a well-deserved break in recent months. However, with the start of the summer season and the anticipation of healthy mountain air, this should not suddenly come to an end. The destination of Flims Laax Falera is thinking ahead. And so, in collaboration with Velosolutions, the idea was born to build a new bike trail using 100 percent renewable energy.

Greenstyle - to protect the environment

Only renewable energy from hydropower and solar energy is used for the entire construction process. From excavators to chainsaws, all equipment is powered by electricity. Even the trail builders and all other people involved in the construction are driven to the site by electric car or e-bike - green style. For Claudio Caluori from Velosolutions, it is clear that such unusual challenges are to be expected in a pioneering project like this. As the founder of the company, he and his team build trails and pump tracks all over the world and is therefore used to adapting to a wide variety of conditions: "Just getting the machines up the mountain was the first hurdle: As we couldn't get hold of an electric vehicle for this, we drove straight up the mountain with the electric excavators, and of course we ran out of battery halfway up. However, we made it to the next charging station, so two hours later our team was at the start of construction," he reports.

The construction of the Nagens Trail involves much more than just the use of e-equipment: Constant communication with the regional forestry engineer, the environmental authorities and experts is just as much a part of everyday life as keeping a specification sheet. All interventions in nature - flora and fauna, groundwater, landscape and surface water - are recorded in this document.

Nagens Trail - the bike development of the Grauberg

The new enduro single trail rides over 4 kilometers from Nagens to Plaun and thus forms the last section of the bike development from the Grauberg mountain station to Flims. From Plaun, you can return to the valley via the two existing trails "Green Valley" or "TREK Runcatrail". The start can be reached from Flims via the Foppa-Naraus chairlift and then with the Graubergbahn. Like the existing "TREK Runcatrail", the Nagens Trail is categorized with a red level of difficulty. Advanced mountain bikers with trail experience will feel right at home on it.

The connection of the area around the Grauberg for bikers has been a goal for some time and is an important first milestone in the BikeVision22 of the destination Flims Laax Falera. Not least because it allows bikers and hikers to get around more easily.

André Gisler, Tourism Director of the destination Flims Laax Falera, is delighted with the Nagens Trail pilot project: "We are proud of this milestone and the good cooperation between the municipality, mountain railroads, destination and the bike expert Velosolutions. On the one hand, the Nagens Trail is a pioneer in terms of sustainability and, on the other, it connects existing bike trails on the mountain in an ideal way, opening up completely new possibilities."

The slow traffic master plan and BikeVision22

Mountain biking with BikeVision22 is an important component of the Slow Traffic Master Plan. Further expansion steps are planned in three phases over the coming years. The municipalities, mountain railroads and other local partners are working closely together under the project management of the tourism organization. The area will be made more accessible for hikers and bikers at the necessary points and a wider range of offers will be created especially for bike beginners and families.

The heart of the ski area in winter - the Crap Sogn Gion - will also become a center for outdoor fun on the mountain in the warmer months, with a new "Skill Area" at 2,252 m above sea level. An extensive railroad connection across the entire area, from Flims via Laax to Falera and back again, rounds off BikeVision22.www.flimslaax.com