Lift Revenue, Summer Season
A lift that carries skiers in winter can carry mountain bikers all summer. The lift is already paid for. The trails are the missing piece.
Summer Revenue for Ski Resorts
Alpine ski resorts already have the lifts, the elevation and the terrain. What most of them lack is trails that are designed properly. We design them to construction-ready detail. In Slovenia we build them ourselves. Elsewhere we bring in trusted build partners near you.
Discuss Your ResortMost small and mid-size Alpine resorts run their lifts for a few months a year. For the rest of it the lifts, car parks and restaurants sit idle while the costs carry on.
Mountain biking fills that gap. A lift-served bike park gives riders a reason to come, to stay, and to come back through the summer.
The hard part is not demand. It is getting the trails built right the first time: jump geometry that has been checked, drainage that works, safety documentation the authorities accept, and construction that does not need rework after the first season.
That is the part we do.
A lift that carries skiers in winter can carry mountain bikers all summer. The lift is already paid for. The trails are the missing piece.
Mountain bikers travel with gear, book accommodation, eat on site and come back. Beginner and intermediate lines bring families along too, which widens the audience well beyond core riders.
Earthwork volumes come out of the 3D model before the machines arrive, so the budget rests on measured quantities rather than estimates. In our projects that has meant 30 to 40% lower build cost than conventionally scoped work, and far less rework. The safety documentation is produced alongside the design.
In many Alpine valleys, the first resort to open a good bike park becomes the place riders in the region think of first. That is hard for a later opening to change.
The Shimano Trail Born programme provides funding and promotional support for new MTB trail destinations across Europe. Solid project documentation helps an application. We help you put that case together.
Properly engineered trails last longer, drain better and cost less to maintain. With normal seasonal upkeep a well-built trail serves for many years. A badly built one needs rebuilding far sooner.
Two ways to work with us. Choose the one that fits your project and your team.
Our main service. We engineer the complete plans and permit package. Your team or preferred contractor builds.
Best for: Resorts with an existing build team or preferred contractor who want engineering certainty and permit-ready documentation.
Get a Design Package QuoteWe handle the entire process from feasibility to operational handover. We build with our own crew in Slovenia and with trusted local build partners internationally.
Best for: Resorts that want a single accountable partner from start to finish.
Get a Full Project QuoteSki resorts operate under concession agreements, environmental management plans, and safety obligations that don't disappear in summer. Mountain bike infrastructure, particularly jump features and high-speed trail elements, requires documentation that satisfies insurance, regulatory, and concession requirements.
Our deliverables are written for exactly those reviews: EFH calculations for the safety case, hydrological models for the environmental file, and IFC exports the civil engineers can open in their own software. The permitting documentation is written to answer the authority's questions before they are asked.
Resorts that build without this documentation carry the risk themselves: gaps in insurance cover, trouble with regulators, and expensive retrofitting when an incident triggers a review. Doing the engineering first removes most of that risk before the trail exists.
We review your terrain, lift network, existing infrastructure, and visitor profile to determine the right trail mix and phasing plan. We discuss realistic investment ranges and visitor revenue projections.
High-resolution LIDAR mapping delivers the terrain data we need for precise design. We analyse drainage, slope, vegetation, and constraint zones before any design decisions are made.
Every trail is designed in 3D with rider speed, flow, and feature geometry validated computationally. What you approve is what gets built.
We produce permit-ready engineering drawings and coordinate with local authorities, environmental bodies, and concession holders as needed to clear regulatory checkpoints efficiently.
Our crew in Slovenia, a trusted build partner, or your own contractor works from precision engineering documentation, so every meter of trail is built exactly as designed. No costly field interpretation, no re-surveying.
Post-build validation confirms everything is built to specification. We provide maintenance documentation, seasonal inspection checklists, and remain available for expansion phases.
See our full process detail: Our Engineering Process →
Tell us about your resort: terrain, lift capacity, visitor numbers, and what you're aiming for. We will come back with a realistic scope and an honest view of what it would take.
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