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.