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DESALPE à CRANS-MONTANA

It’s always a festival when it comes to the “desalp.” The cows, lamb, chèvre come down from the mountain, where they stayed the whole summer season.  It takes place around Mid-September each year. Last Sunday I participated in Crans, accompanied by many folkloric groups like “sonor the cloche”, alphorn, “Fahnenschwinger”, songs. It’s a little bit different here than…

Bisse de Trient

Are you looking for freshness? Go to the mountains and enjoy a lovely walk along with one of the many bisses in the Valais. I took these pictures from my recent walk along the Bisse of Trient. You start it on the Col de la Forclaz, on the road between Chamonix in France and Martigny in the Valais. The best period to go is in Summertime. Usually, it is a…

Swiss cheese maker

Yesterday, a lovely summer day, I decided to go up the mountains to visit a cheese-making farm. Already on the way, I profit from the fantastic view upon the mountains.   The cheese they doing from the cow-milk is used for the raclette. It takes a minimum of 3 months to be able to sell the cheese. They also are producing Sérac and Tomme de…