At eye level

“Senda dil Dragun” in Laax creates a special experience of nature and sensitizes visitors to the forest and its inhabitants on the path created.

Grau­bünden is home to one of the longest treetop trails in the world. With a length of 1.56 kilo­me­tres and a height of 28 metres, the “Senda dil Dragun” is a unique natural expe­ri­ence. A long foot­bridge leads through the middle of the forest in Laax. Here visi­tors can expe­ri­ence the spruces, firs and pines of the Laax forest from an unusual perspec­tive at a height of 2 to 28 metres.

Some­times at eye level with the tops of the moun­tain forest and in other places close above the forest floor where young trees and ferns grow.

The “Senda dil Dragun” (Dragon Path) has a Rhaeto-Romanic name and its dimen­sions make it one of the longest treetop paths in the world. Some other trails in the world are longer, but they touch the ground. Not like the path in Laax. Supported on stilts, the Senda dil Dragun floats conti­nuously above the forest floor.

As a filigree structure, Webnet offers great tensioning force and sufficient flexibility.

The project in Laax creates a special expe­ri­ence of nature and sensi­tizes visi­tors to the forest and its inha­bi­tants on the path created. Hidden between the trees, the dragon path winds its way through the land­scape along as natural a line as possible. In doing so, the path shows conside­ra­tion for the tree popu­la­tion. Visible from afar are the two ascent towers in Laax Murschetg and Laax Dorf. The towers are 37 and 27 metres high.

For the railings, towers and barrier fences of the tree top walk, the plan­ners of the project were looking for a trans­pa­rent, light­weight and high-quality element as infill and fall protec­tion.

The stain­less steel mesh Webnet fulfils exactly these requi­re­ments. As a filigree struc­ture, Webnet offers great tensio­ning force and suffi­cient flexi­bi­lity. The net is weather­proof through all seasons, extre­mely hard-wearing and requires virtually no main­ten­ance. An ideal solu­tion for the cons­truc­tion of a forest path.

A total of around 3,200 square meters of Webnet were installed. The longest individual Webnet element is around 60 meters long.

Jakob Rope Systems deli­vered the indi­vi­dual nets to Laax, cut to size. A total of around 3,200 square meters of Webnet were installed there. The longest indi­vi­dual Webnet element is around 60 meters long. All Webnet elements are inte­grated into round tube frame cons­truc­tions. The treetop path is also acces­sible to visi­tors in winter. In order not to damage the Webnet elements during snow clea­ring work, protec­tive skir­ting boards were installed along the railings.

For the inte­gra­tion of the Webnet elements into the overall cons­truc­tion project, Jakob Rope Systems worked toge­ther with the archi­tects from Hofmann & Durisch (Flims Dorf). The metal cons­truc­tion work was carried out by the company Ragettli Metallbau AG (Flims Dorf).