“We are happy that everything went well and that the landowners supported this route,” said Adolf Hauswirth, Saanen Bank’s thenboard president. Schönried and Gstaad are finally connected with a continuous trail, and hikers are no longer required to dodge traffic on the Grubenstrasse.“There were differing ideas and not all wishes went in the same direction,” said Emil Trachsel, local council member.Some landowners wanted an access road to their homes in exchange. When the building application was published in the spring of 2009, “there were a few small objections, but none to the trail,” Trachsel said.

Translated and adapted from the Article by Anita Moser in AvS, 8.11.11