The alpine tarn L'Ar du Tsan resting in the protected wetlands of the Vallon de Réchy.
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Vallon de Réchy

A day inside the last untouched valley of the Valais Alps: no roads, no lifts and no villages, just meadows, marshes and the Becs de Bosson above.

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Vallon de Réchy

The Réchy valley is a federally protected landscape and it shows: braided streams, cotton grass, marmots that don’t run. Cross the valley at L’Ar du Tsan and come back down the eastern flank to make it a loop.

Cover photo: Adrien Danglard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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