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This morning, on the "Bisse de Vercorin" hiking trail (1600 m of altitude). This "bisse" takes its origin close to the village of Vercorin and skirts the Valley of Réchy to "La Lé" (Vercorin is located at 1300m in the Valley of Anniviers). The "Bisse de Vercorin", built in 1358, collects water of the Rèche River for the watering of the meadows of Vercorin. "Bisses", many in Wallis, were born from the country will to escape from the consequences from the dryness. it was thus necessary to collect water on the course of the rivers and the torrents, artificially to deviate them on the slopes by the side of the slopes and to adapt the construction of these channels to the tormented relief and the nature of the sometimes rock ground, sometimes soft or friable. Of these bisses, the principal ones are still there. The paths which skirt them have the advantages of being gently inclined, to cross very varied sites, to provide views always surprising on the valley, the villages and the mountains, and from time to time, to get small emotions when they are on cliffs or penetrate in wild and deep throats. For these reasons these small ways, without motorized traffic, constitute very appreciated excursions and make it possible to discover one of the most picturesque aspects of Wallis.

(AltaVista Translation... hope it's not so bad...)

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