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Language: French and German in the Valais, but English is widely spoken.

Tourist information: Valais Tourism, Rue Pré-Fleuri 6, 1951 Sion, Switzerland (Tel 0041/(0)27 327 35 70, info@valaistourism.ch, www.valaistourism.ch or www.matterhornregion.com); Switzerland Travel Centre Ltd, 30 Bedford St, London WC2E 9ED (Tel 00800 100 200 30, info.uk@myswitzerland.com, www.MySwitzerland.com)

FIESCHERTAL AND THE ALETSCH GLACIER

The Grosser Aletschgletscher is the longest and most impressive in the Alps

The upper region of the Rhône valley, from the Furka Pass downstream towards Brig, is known as Goms. It’s a gentle district of attractive villages, broad meadows, and a wonderland of prepared walking and cross-country ski trails in winter. Although part of the Valais/Wallis canton, tributaries on the valley’s true right flank drain mountains and glaciers of the Bernese Alps, and the largest of these tributaries is the Fieschertal. With the small resort of Fiesch at its entrance the valley is flat-bedded and U-shaped to betray its glacial origins, while beyond the roadhead and the last group of houses, its wild raw nature is revealed.