Saas Valley

The Saastal or the Saas Valley is an

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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 The Vispa is a river in the canton of Valais, located in the Visp area. It is essentially composed of two large branches: the Matter Vispa and the Saaser Vispa, converging at Stalden, then forming the Vispa proper, flowing for less than before ...

. It is separated from the

Mattertal The Matter Valley (German: Mattertal, or sometimes ''Nikolaital'') is located in southwestern Switzerland, south of the Rhone valley in the canton of Valais. The village of Zermatt is the most important settlement of the valley, which is surrou ...

to the west by the Mischabel massif. Villages in the valley are, upstream,

Eisten Eisten is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Eisten is first mentioned in 1299 as ''Oysten''. Geography Eisten has an area, , of . Of this area, 9.6% is used for agricultural purposes, whil ...

Saas-Balen Saas-Balen is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It lies at the foot of the Mischabelhörner and Dom. History Saas-Balen is first mentioned in 1304 as ''baln''. Geography Saas-Balen has an area, , ...

Saas-Grund Saas-Grund is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It lies east of Lenzspitze and Dom. History Saas-Grund is first mentioned in 1438 as ''grunderro''. Geography Saas-Grund has an area, , of . Of thi ...

Saas-Fee Saas-Fee () is the main village in the Saastal, or the Saas Valley, and is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The village is situated on a high mountain plateau at 1,800 meters (5,900 feet), surrounded ...

and

Saas-Almagell Saas-Almagell is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Saas-Almagell is first mentioned in 1291 as ''Armenzello''. In 1307 it was mentioned as ''Almenkel''. The settlement, at the upper end of ...

. Until 1893, the municipalities of Almagell, Balen, Fee and Grund were a single parish, with the only church in Grund.

Mattmarksee __NOTOC__ Mattmark dam is a reservoir in the Saas Valley of the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The Mattmark dam was built from 1960 to 1965. The lake's surface area is . The lake lies at a height of 2,197 metres above sea level, between the mass ...

is a

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

built in the 1960s. The region hosts an extensive winter sports region, comprising the separate ski areas of

and

. As well as individual ski passes a combined pass is available; each of these areas is connected to the other parts of the region by postal bus, rather than dedicated skilifts.

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Landforms of Valais Valleys of the Alps {{valais-geo-stub