Vast Trails

Name

Vast Trails

Legal name

vast trails GmbH

Website

https://vast-trails.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mountain Bike Trail Design and Construction Services

NAICS

Tour Operators (561520)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Cycling / MTB / E-Bike Guiding & Rentals (THAAALAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Safety, Permitting & Logistics Support Services (Trip Leaders, Route Planning, Rescue Support) (THAAALAL)

Keywords

• Mountain bike trails
• Trail design services
• Trail construction
• Pump track construction
• Bike park design

Headquarters

HQ city

Brig-Glis

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Trail Design & Planning: Comprehensive trail design services including analysis (trail network analyses, spatial planning analyses, feasibility studies), conception (vision development with stakeholders, project objectives, target groups, trail style & infrastructure type), and construction permits (formal planning processes for authority approval).
2. Trail Construction: New trail construction with creative, coherent and functional trail architecture (micro design). Newly built trails allow great design freedom and customized trail architecture tailored to target groups. Addresses high usage pressure situations and lack of suitable official trails.
3. Maintenance & Renovation: Ongoing maintenance (checks and ad hoc measures), periodic maintenance (1-3x per year), and restoration/initial interventions for mountain bike infrastructure longevity. Optimizes shared hiking/mountain bike trails through speed management, erosion prevention, and alternative routes.
4. Training & Education: Knowledge transfer services including operation and maintenance concepts, support in setting up local structures (maintenance models), maintenance training for local service providers, and technical/creative support for maintenance and new construction projects.
5. Environmental Services: Trail dismantling and renaturation, steering measures for mountain bike traffic (communication and structural), implementation of compensation measures in collaboration with environmental engineers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Vast Trails provides end-to-end mountain bike trail design, planning, and construction services. The company's offering is structured into two service categories: Planning (analysis, conception, and construction permit acquisition) and Implementation (new construction, maintenance & renovation, training & education, and environmental services including dismantling and renaturation). Each engagement is a customized project-based service combining consulting, design, and physical construction for Swiss municipalities, tourism organizations, destination management companies, and mountain bike clubs.

Product overview

Vast Trails is a Swiss mountain bike trail design and construction company offering a unified service portfolio centered on Trail Design — a comprehensive approach spanning planning (analysis, conception, construction permits) and implementation (new construction, maintenance, training, environmental services). The company specializes in five trail styles (Flow Trail, Play Trail, Pump Track, Enduro Trail, Single Trail) and six infrastructure types (Route, Trail Network, Bike Park, Trail Center, Bike Playground, Race Track). Projects are delivered as consulting-design-construction engagements, not as software products or modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trail Design Services
• Planning Services (Analysis, Conception, Construction Permits)
• Trail Construction Services
• Trail Maintenance and Renovation Services
• Training and Education Services
• Environmental Services
• Flow Trail Design
• Play Trail Design
• Pump Track Construction
• Enduro Trail Design
• Single Trail Design Paths approximately 30-100cm wide that trace rideable lines through landscapes, built as naturally as possible with natural obstacles integrated into the route for an authentic riding experience.
• Bike Park Design Compact perimeter primarily containing downhill trails differentiated by character, construction standard, and difficulty level, served by at least one transportation service, operated commercially as a tourist attraction.
• Trail Center Design Defined topographically diverse perimeter where multiple mountain bike trails and existing paths combine into a trail network with equal importance for uphill and downhill trails, with trail heads enabling combination by length, duration, and difficulty.
• Bike Playground Design Spatially manageable mountain bike facilities combining practice stations, short skill trails, pump tracks, or jump tracks with low thresholds and level-appropriate progression options.
• Race Track Design Exclusively closed-off race tracks for mountain bike competitions (Cross Country, Enduro, or Downhill), typically combining existing infrastructure with temporary features and sections.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully completed over 17 documented projects including major destinations like Bike Park Bellwald, Aletsch Arena, and multiple municipal trail networks
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SchweizMobil / ASTRAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Collaboration on implementation guide for planning mountain bike infrastructure (Vollzugshilfe Planung Mountainbike-Infrastruktur) 2024-25. Contributing to national standards and guidelines for mountain bike trail development in Switzerland.
• Schweizer Wanderwege / ASTRAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Advisory group member for revision of Handbook for Construction and Maintenance of Hiking Trails (Handbuch Bau und Unterhalt von Wanderwegen) 2023-24. Helps integrate mountain bike considerations into broader trails framework.
• trail.foundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Collaborated on developing content and training structures for mountain bike path maintenance education (2022-23) and contributed to knowledge platform for sustainable mountain bike tourism (2022).
• DIRTT (Developing Intereuropean Resources Trail Building Training)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021National reference group member for DIRTT 1.0/2.0 international trail building training program since 2021. Contributing to European standards for trail builder education and certification.
• Rodeo Bike Co.minorOthersEquipment sponsor and specialist partner for bike-related expertise. Romeo Volken, Co.Owner of Rodeo Bike Co., serves as local guide and project supporter for Bike Park Bellwald.
• Yeti CyclesminorOthersEquipment sponsor providing mountain bikes for project documentation and testing.
• PatagoniaminorOthersEquipment sponsor for outdoor apparel and gear for trail building team.
• BikeplancoreTechnology or IntegrationPlanning partner for trail projects including Furka-Trail (overall coordination) and Bike Zone Schali. Specialized bike route planning expertise.
• IBR Ingenieurbüro GmbHcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering partner for projects including Phoenix aus der Asche and various municipal trail developments. Provides environmental engineering and technical planning expertise.
• trail.foundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKnowledge partner contributing to education and training standards for sustainable mountain bike trail building in Switzerland.
• trailsuisseminorOthersIndustry association membership supporting Swiss trail development and advocacy.
• IMBA SchweizminorOthersSwiss chapter membership in International Mountain Bicycling Association network.
• espace suisseminorOthersSwiss spatial planning association membership supporting integration of mountain bike infrastructure in landscape planning.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Direct peers

• Bikeplan: Bikeplan is a Swiss MTB route planning specialist explicitly named as a core planning partner alongside Vast Trails on projects such as the Furka-Trail and Bike Zone Schali. It competes head-on with Vast Trails' planning/permitting service line for municipal and tourism-board clients in Switzerland.
• Singletrack Trails: Singletrack Trails is a UK-based consultancy that designs, builds and maintains mountain bike trail networks for local authorities, landowners and tourism boards. Closely comparable business model to Vast Trails (consult-design-build-maintain), with the same end customers (municipalities, tourism organizations, clubs).
• Joyride Bike Parks: Joyride Bike Parks is a Canadian MTB park and trail design/build firm where Vast Trails team member Gregor Jolliffe previously worked. Direct competitor in bike park and flow trail construction with overlapping design vocabulary (flow, jump lines, progressive skill features) and similar destination-resort client base.
• Velosolutions: Velosolutions is a Swiss-rooted global pump track and asphalt-based MTB infrastructure specialist. Directly comparable on pump track design and construction, a core product line for Vast Trails, with overlapping municipal and destination customers worldwide.
• Gravity Logic: Gravity Logic is a Canadian mountain bike trail and bike park design/build firm serving resorts and municipalities globally. Highly comparable in technical trail design (flow, jump, enduro), destination-resort focus, and end-to-end consult-design-build delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Trail Solutions (IMBA): Trail Solutions is the consulting arm of the International Mountain Bicycling Association, offering trail planning, design and education services to communities and land managers. A broader incumbent in MTB infrastructure consulting that Vast Trails engages with via IMBA Schweiz membership and trail.foundation programs.

Regional players

• Brunni Bike Park / Alpincenter: Brunni / Alpincenter in Central Switzerland operates its own mountain bike park and skills area, partially overlapping Vast Trails' trail center and bike playground offerings in the same geography as the Sursee branch. Comparable Swiss alpine destination operator combining lift-served biking with skills infrastructure.
• Highland Mountain Bike Park: Highland Mountain Bike Park in New Hampshire is a lift-served mountain bike park with on-site trail design and construction capabilities. Comparable product mix (flow trails, jump lines, enduro, race tracks) and resort-style operating model, though primarily a regional player serving the US Northeast rather than Switzerland.

Others

• Flims Laax: Flims Laax is a major Swiss alpine destination with significant mountain bike infrastructure where multiple Vast Trails builders previously worked. Functions partly as a comparable customer/destination for trail construction services and as a regional employer of trail builders, rather than as a direct service-line competitor.
• IBR Ingenieurbüro GmbH: IBR Ingenieurbüro is a Swiss engineering consultancy named as Vast Trails' core implementation partner on projects including Phoenix aus der Asche. Provides environmental engineering and technical planning services that complement, but also partly substitute for, Vast Trails' planning/permitting offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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