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OLD EMOSSON GEOLOGICAL TRAIL
Fingerprints
All along the trail, you will find footprints dating back more than 240 million years. The scientific interest of the site is still present and analyzes are still being carried out to determine their exact origins.
In fact, the age of the land is even older than the time of the dinosaurs. The footprints could belong to primitive reptiles: the ancestors of dinosaurs. The footprints are generally visible from mid-July.
Scooter descent from La Creusaz to Marécottes. Can be combined with other ideas for Salvan
The Gouilles d’Essertze are a series of small mountain lakes, located at an altitude of 2300 meters. They are considered to be the highest peat moors in Europe. From this height, you have a breathtaking view over the valley, the mountain Dent Blanche and the dam of the reservoir Grand Dixence.
Vanuit het plaatsje Salvan, hoog boven het Rhônedal voert een mooi wandelpad dwars door een lariksbos naar de ingang van de kloof vlak bij Van d’en Bas. Het pad door de Gorges du Dailley is in 1995 gerestaureerd. Het pad ziet er nu erg solide uit, wat een goede zaak is, want de bruggen, gaanderijen en trappen voeren langs duizelingwekkende dieptes. Het uitzicht is adembenemend: de Salanfe stort zich in etappes door de kloof naar beneden, en in de verte zie je de besneeuwde bergtoppen van de Alpen uitsteken boven de lichte nevel in het Rhônedal.
Several options around Sailon
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Falconry in Saillon. Every sunday from 16-jul t/m 3-sep at 17:30. Free access.
Built before 1430, the bisse of Torrent-Neuf (also called bisse of Savièse) was once the most daring irrigation project of its kind. It was sourced from the river Morge, leaving its gorge by a very precipitous and undulating route, and it provided an abundant supply of water. Our suggested walk covers an elevated path which has been newly restored. The purpose of this type of refurbishment work is to remind us of the scope of the task undertaken by our ancestors.
A part of this fairly challenging circular hike follows the bisse Mont d’Orge. First you climb up the mountain Mont d’Orge where the ruins of Mont d’Orge Castle and the statue of Notre Dame are located. On the way to the glittering lake of Mont d’Orge, you will experience great views over the Rhône Valley and the city of Sion.
An old marble quarry at an altitude of 1000 meters is located above the town of Saillon in the Rhone valley in Valais (Wallis). Hiking towards this marble quarry goes via a path through vineyards and a forest. The marble quarry was in use from 1832 until its cessation in 1975 and produced the famous (and expensive) cipolin marble used in for example the paris opera building.
