Chemin des Bisses, Stage 7/7

Regional route No. 58, Stage 7: Vercorin – Grimentz

Description

Regional route: No. 58 (Martigny (Col des Planches) – Grimentz)
Length: 17 km
Ascent • Descent: ↑ 900 m • ↓ 680 m
Lowest point • Highest point: 1002 m • 1578 m
Hiking time: 5 h 25 min
Grade: easy
Fitness level: difficult

Regional route No. 58: Chemin des Bisses: Stages; 1. Martigny (Col des Planches) – La Tzoumaz; 2. La Tzoumaz – Nendaz; 3. Nendaz – Veysonnaz; 4. Veysonnaz – St-Martin; 5. St-Martin – Nax; 6. Nax – Vercorin; 7. Vercorin – Grimentz

The around 500-year-old suone (irrigation channel) «Bisse des Sarrasin» and its 17 information panels are of great historical and technical interest. The route then leads via the «Grand Bisse de St-Jean» suone to the typical Valais village of Grimentz.