The Saastal or the Saas Valley is an alpine valley in the district of Visp , in the eastern part of the Canton of Valais , Switzerland . It is the valley of the river Saaser Vispa . It is separated from the Mattertal to the west by the Mischabel massif. Villages in the valley are, upstream, Eisten , Saas-Balen , Saas-Grund , Saas-Fee and Saas-Almagell .
4-456: Until 1893, the municipalities of Almagell, Balen, Fee and Grund were a single parish, with the only church in Grund. Mattmarksee is a reservoir built in the 1960s. The region hosts an extensive winter sports region, comprising the separate ski areas of Saas-Fee , Saas-Grund and Saas-Almagell . As well as individual ski passes a combined pass is available; each of these areas is connected to
8-592: A glacier collapse of the Allalin glacier . The risk involved in constructing the accommodation barracks directly below the glacier tongue , which eventually broke off, was not taken into account. No other reservoir in Switzerland claimed so many victims during construction. Seven years after the accident, the Valais judiciary acquitted all 17 defendants, including engineers and managers of Elektrowatt and officials of
12-514: The other parts of the region by postal bus, rather than dedicated skilifts. 46°07′N 7°56′E / 46.117°N 7.933°E / 46.117; 7.933 This Valais location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mattmarksee Mattmark dam is a reservoir in the Saas Valley of the Canton of Valais , Switzerland . The Mattmark dam
16-541: Was built from 1960 to 1965. The lake 's surface area is 1.76 km (0.68 sq mi). The lake lies at a height of 2,197 metres above sea level, between the massifs of the Rimpfischhorn and Stellihorn . The highest peak visible from the lake is the Strahlhorn (4,190 m). On August 30, 1965, 88 construction workers, 56 of them of Italian nationality, were buried under 2,000,000 m³ of ice and debris by
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