For the remainder of this series, I am now switching back to SWITZERLAND. I start off with a set of images taken during our spring trip in the Valais, a large mountain canton in the southwestern corner of Switzerland. With the families of our children, we rented a nice wooden chalet at the edge of the fashionable mountain resort CRANS-MONTANA, well situated to make short drives into other mountain valleys or hikes in the greater vicinity of the town, some of which I will present in my images below. One of the very interesting and unique features in this part of Switzerland are the BISSES/Ancient Irrigation Channels constructed under very dangerous conditions hundreds of years ago to funnel water to dry areas. Parallel hiking paths have been constructed to a number of these Bisses, and we hiked some of these, as illustrated below.

I provide a few links to related topics covered in Wikipedia or other media:

BISSES - Info from House of Switzerland - https://houseofswitzerland.org/swissstories/history/bisses-valais-irrigation-channels-tourist-hit

CRANS-MONTANA - Info from Switzerland Tourism - https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-us/destinations/crans-montana/

HÉRÉMENCE - Info from Val d'Hérens: The Earth Pyramids of Euseigne - https://www.valdherens.ch/fr/les-pyramides-d-euseigne-fp39759


Notes
TRIP INFO: Set # 1 provides a brief introduction to this series. Please use the link below if you would like to review this intro:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-797460-1.html

2022 TRIP INFO: Set # 19 provides more information on the two trips of the year to Europe
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-798237-1.html

EARLIER POSTS of this series: Access my topic list at UHH, the new posts are listed in reverse chronological order:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-topic-list?usernum=45105

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