The valley is not accessible by road from its upper part and offers optimal conditions for peaceful walking and wildlife observation. The landscape has typical ice age features: glacial humps, …
It is notoriously one of the main geologically unstable regions of Switzerland. The Illgraben massif is made up of dolomite, limestone and quartzite. Several times a year, mudslides from the …
The Raspille forms, together with the Pfynwald, the language border between the German-speaking Upper Valais and the French-speaking Central and Lower Valais.