Big bisses trail

Big bisses trail

Big bisses trail Location left bank of the Rhône, the route runs along the plain between 700 and 1,800 meters above sea level from Martigny to Sierre Descriptif 5 stages from the Col des Planches (above Martigny) to Grimentz (Val d’Anniviers) via the bisses of...
Raye des Verbierins and Bisse de Levron

Raye des Verbierins and Bisse de Levron

Raye des Verbierins and Bisse de Levron Location Verbier – Mont Fort, in the Val de Bagnes.  Descriptif These two bisses run one after the other. Built in the middle of the 16th century. A rarity for bisses of this altitude, they are entirely in water. Total...
Petit Ruisseau

Petit Ruisseau

Petit Ruisseau Location Champex Lac, to the right of the Rhône, above Martigny Descriptif This bisse is also named Bisse de Champex or Bisse du Val d’Arpette. It seems to date from the fifteenth century. Il feeds the Champex lake from the Val d’Arpette. Thus, it...
Bisse du Trient

Bisse du Trient

Bisse du Trient Location The Trient region, the Forclaz Pass above Martigny to the left of the Rhône. Descriptif Built during the last decade of the 18th century on an old railway line used to transport ice from the Trient glacier to the Col de la Forclaz and then to...
Bisse des Ravines

Bisse des Ravines

Bisse des Ravines Location This bisse is situated in the Val de Bagnes, to the left side of the valley above Bruson. Descriptif Put into service in 1908, abandoned since 1942, it has been fully rehabilitated and inaugurated since October 2013. Total length...
Bisse de Corbassière

Bisse de Corbassière

Bisse de Corbassière Location Fionnay in the Bagnes valley, direction Mauvoisin dam Descriptif This irrigation channel (bisse) dates from 2010 and is approximately 1.5 km long, winding through a very alpine environment. Don’t miss the spectacular footbridge that...