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Lausanne Fully Sion Spring is coming. The sunshine is more covers a large distance without noticing post, also some holes around to deceive Vernayaz ne evident and the temperature increases. anything special. After having walked the enemy… Charlotte does not think to hô Pierre Avoi Salvan R for two hours and having gotten lost in move house in these such wide galleries, Le Luisin Les In the den of Charlotte, marmots get a real maze, Charlotte finds the way out but she says these galleries could be an Marécottes ready to go out, after having remained and the fresh air. Nobody lives there: awesome playground for her family… Val de in the straw during all the winter. It is neither giant beasts nor evil monsters. Lac Finhaut La d’Emosson t time to clean and to straighten up the Hopefully! With Charlotte, the adventure is almost en ri e T Le Châble den, with impatience to breathe some close at hand ! L col de la Forclaz fresh air. In a corner within the den, However, the most important thing now Le Catogne Bruson Trient Charlotte feels across her fur a cool is to find again the den that she left airflow both enjoyable and troubling. for too long. All the family probably is How is it possible? By coming near the worried! Which way to go? On the right, Champex-Lac Orsières wall, she finds a little hole wherethrough on the left, up, down? Having confidence the air seeps. She starts to scratch the in her flair, Charlotte is sure to have Som-la-Proz earth with her claws and to widen the come near a clearing. And surprise, Val d’Entremont

Issert La Drance d’Entremont hole. After a long and hard work, she has once having crossed over the peak, she dug a wide opening by which she rushes finds the entry of her den, just located Praz-de-Fort Find out the adventures of in. She finds herself in a very close and few hundred meters near there. She y “Charlotte the Marmot”on long earthy passage, consolidated by may easily come back to go on with her a the following educational Val Ferret some beams. Would it be a shelter of inspection. o w trails: Prayon a giant beast or the creation of an evil h Le Mourin n t La Drance de Ferret

spirit? Charlotte is a little bit scared, The following day, accompanied by her th pa La Fouly COMMUNE e e Mt Dolent but her adventuring instinct is stronger faithful friend Gaston the hawk, Charlotte m DE BAGNES in than anything. Defying her fear, she goes finds herself in front of the cave. This is Ferret Lac des Toules deeper in the gloomy gallery. On guard similar to a marmot’s den, but wider: the Charlotte the Marmot lives around here Mts Telliers and on the lookout for any noise, she entry, the earthen berm, the observation

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Charlotte’s friends How to go on an adventure... Charlotte à La Fouly Charlotte sur le sentier des champignons (Champex-Lac - Orsières) Charlotte’s creators « Charlotte the Marmot » is glad to lead you on the mine Concept : Marlène Hiroz et Jean-Charles Fellay, CREPA pathway of Peiloz. You will discover a place that aroused Coordination : Séraphine Mettan, CREPA many yearnings a few centuries ago. By traversing this Publisher: CREPA, Sembrancher pathway, you will discover why! Before starting, read the Graphic design: Marc Fontaine, Lausanne Charlotte à La Creusaz Charlotte sur le bisse story of Charlotte in this leaflet and you will have already (Les Marécottes) du Trient some hints. (La Forclaz) with the valuable collaboration of : Yann Decorzant, CREPA The pathway has 10 places and it includes some questions Benoît Schmid, illustrateur, Lausanne or games. Some of them will appeal to your reflection, Dransenergie, Orsières others will appeal to your skills of observation or skills Menuiserie Vaudan, Bruson Publibagnes, Verbier of deduction, many more to your personal abilities. The Imprimerie du Bourg, Martigny locations are indicated on the aerial photos within the Charlotte à Emosson Charlotte sur le chemin Office du tourisme du leaflet. de la mine Raclett’House Chez Eddy, Bruson (Finhaut) (Mayens de Bruson) A project founded by: Please make you sure to have a pencil for writing your answers on the leaflet

Get your trail passport, which will allow you to validate your route and At the end of the itinerary (place 10), please come back. To win a prize once you have completed Charlotte’s sponsors proofread your leaflet, you will find the answer sheet at the 4 Charlotte trails. Raclett’ House Chez Eddy in Bruson (look at the picture on the back).

All the information about the different trails: So have a go and enjoy the discovery! Perhaps you will bump into Charlotte if you are lucky! www.charlottelamarmotte.ch CREPA picture: START FINISH 0 500 m Among the sighting tubes, which one shows the probable location of the new foundry (in the 17th century)? The Bruson’s Mayen offer a wide range of activities that you can do every single season. On the illustrated panel, choose the right movable Above all, bring the marble to the starting point, in pieces to reconstruct in a plausible way the mines the locality called La Pasay. The game consists to of Bruson during their exploitation. get to the arrival by avoiding the holes. Until La Côt, you are free to choose the pathway you prefer: Then, to verify your answers, take a picture Finish of the panel. or . Mine of Peiloz Before going, do not forget to “cover the tracks” Write down the attempts realised for the following player. to get to the mine:

To answer the questions, find the 5 clues/images distributed around the mine’s entry. Answer true or false by encircling the corresponding letter. Along the path, find 5 metal frames (numbered from 1 to 5). Each of them gives value to one of these plants: True False Workers brought a helmet. C H To break the rock, they used a mass and a tip. A R Some animals pulled several trolleys out of the mine. E L The sledges pulled by a bunch of mules were necessary to transport the minerals to the foundry. D T Sphagnum U Jenever R Petasite D To find the silver, the rock was melted at very high temperatures. E S You are on a heap of materials come out from the mines (the excavation you have observed in place number 4): What is its specific name? You will find out it by reading the the answer sheets can be answers from the top Vaccinium C Red raspberry A Fern E Bilberry I found in the restaurant to the bottom: " Raclett'House" Indicate within each box the corresponding letter. Be careful, two intruders meddled in the game. small How old was the tree at the time of its cut: Start wooden slice 20, 30 or 40 years old? Parking of La Côt Plants are good indicators for the Be careful, the tree took 5 years nature of the soil. The formed to form the coloured circle. word indicates the place appraised

1 2 3 4 5 581.000-583.000 / 99.500-101.500 Swisstopo source: by the blueberries and the small Find which box corresponds to the indication here and large cranberries. wooden below, and specify its number: slices One of my twigs dried out. As you can probably observe in this clearing, I was isolated, I had room to grow. My sap circulates in this part. Find in the following panorama It is not the miners are not the only ones to dig under lightweight. illustration: the ground; certain animals do the same thing: My fractures are caused by my old age. the 4 details photographed. Help Marcel Benoît Schmid I was bumped by a rock. to find the It is not soft when the material exploited in you touch it. large Which growth ring (A, B, C ou D) corresponds to Bruson by following wooden On this imaginary framework, encircle the nouns that can be slice the year 1883, the date of the last request for the 3 steps indicated It has a uniform related to both the mine and the burrow of this animal. the exploitation of the Bruson’s mines? on the drawings. colour. Then underline the nouns only related to the mine.

2 1 0 3 After each step, By looking at the landscape from left to right, which detail mark the unsuitable (number) do you distinguish firstly? And then? box. Name: ?????????? Emergency exit Origin: ?????????? Distinguishing feature: The answer shows you the ?????????? The mineral exploited date of the first exploitations in Bruson was of the Bagnes’s mines. Toilets Match each rock with its employment with the help of the Entry drawings on the panel : Gallery Clearing Shoring Soapstone chandelier However, the minors no longer overexploit the forest as in the past. In 1999, which event Tuff bollard Which one of these 3 pipes (A, B ou C) could cause this gap in the forest? An avalanche, Unrefined lead window frame Dormitory Ladder points at the Bruson’s mines? a woodsman chopping down trees, a hurricane? Granite oven Encircle the right answer by observing the state of the trees.