The Valais Bisses Trails - Lower-Valais
In Valais, the construction of irrigation channels, which continue to characterise the image of Valais even today, was started at the time in order to irrigate the pastures. Little-known gems and one of the most beautiful ways to discover Valais.
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The Valais Bisses Trails
The plague led to a switch to more productive livestock farming in Valais. The construction of irrigation channels, the so-called bisses in French, or Suonen in German, which continue to characterise the image of the Rhone valley even today, was started in the middle of the 13th century in order to irrigate the pastures and meadows. The mountain farmers of Valais came up with some adventurous constructions, which you will see at close range on this hike. The water runs quietly in the canals next to you and leads you from one mountain village to the next on little-used mountain paths.
