Torrent Neuf 25 September

20160925 100334  David and I took an easy hike along a bisse that I had never visited 20160925 101504  Torrent Neuf above Savièse in Valais 20160925 101653  It finishes near this restaurant 20160925 101710  Commemorating someone
20160925 102012  This is really where the water comes from: down from an overflow from a tunnel 20160925 102447  Near the start 20160925 103514  The peaks above 20160925 131646  Lovely grasses: they look familiar
20160925 102620  The bisse crosses some steep slopes 20160925 102734  Looking down the side valley to the main valley of Valais 20160925 103336  Winding among the outcrops 20160925 103341  The bisse is dry here but deeply incised
20160925 103510  Exposed! 20160925 103909  Looking down one of the ravines 20160925 104829  but the trail is flat 20160925 104842  Contrast!
20160925 121533  A sawmill at the upper end 20160925 121724  it cut planks to be used on the bisse 20160925 121727  in operation 20160925 123300  Decorative water wheel
20160925 124226  The main attraction 20160925 124250  It is a long way down! 20160925 124327  Here the walkway was above, not beside the watercourse 20160925 124328  Completely wood
20160925 124930  How one gets close to the flume now 20160925 124941  Suspension bridges and cantilevers 20160925 125414  Duck your head! 20160925 125419  Lower!
20160925 125503  Round the corner 20160925 125603  An overhang protects the old wood and the new bridge from rockfall 20160925 125651  Wooden beams are wedged into square holes in the limestone 20160925 125752  It would have been amazing to see it in operation
20160925 125811  It had to carry a lot of weight: water plus people 20160925 125822  Surprisingly few deaths are associated with the bisse 20160925 130502  It was very popular! 20160925 131636  On our way back down
20160925 132024  There was a small tunne. 20160925 132033  David puzzling over the mechanics of it all 20160925 132051  The tunnel avoided a flume built around this corner, which apparently could not resist the centrifugal force of the turning water 20160925 132357  Sunlight begins to penetrate the canyon
20160925 141927  A huge parking lot for the tourists 20160925 141931  Looking the other way down the parking lot 20160925 141947  Parking lot view.