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Lausanne Fully Sion Since our last adventure, the unlikely I find myself in this unknown place and unbelievable that this ice helped the ne couple Charlotte the Marmot and Gaston I am a little bit worried. I go towards the Parisians in the 1930s to cool their hô Pierre Avoi Salvan R the Hawk, which is so inseparable, forest to find a resting-place. Suddenly, drinks!” This region is full of surprises… Le Luisin Les keeps flying over this amazing region, some raindrops draw my attention. Suddenly, I hear a yell in the air. Gaston Marécottes discovering lovely spots. At least I know that I will not run out is here, awesome ! Verbier Val de Bagnes of water. The meadows below are Lac La Drance d’Emosson t Today, we have hiked down Val certainly so green for this reason. Please We do a last little walk to remember en ri e T Le Châble d’Entremont and we have diverted on the Charlotte, stay focused! Suddenly, I hear these beautiful spots, before going back L col de Bovernier la Forclaz Sembrancher left to traverse the combe of Martigny a repeated sound of bumps. As I go along to our home, in Val Ferret. It is certain Le Catogne Bruson Trient towards some peaks. The wind is just the pathway, the sound becomes more that our adventures will continue, enough strong to let us fly easily. Below intense. I have no choice but to hide marmot’s honour ! us, the green meadows are well kept, but myself in a makeshift hole, hoping that Champex-Lac Orsières the forests give a wilderness character all is going to end and that I will be able and make attractive the entire spot and to see Gaston again. After a troubled Som-la-Proz its fauna. night, under the first rays of sunshine, I Val d’Entremont

Issert La Drance d’Entremont finally realize where I am. a Liddes The scene is so much enjoyable that we A wooden hammer, activated by the l Praz-de-Fort o Find out the adventures of lost track of time and the dusk is more creek water, hits continuously a board. n “Charlotte the Marmot”on widespread than expected in this valley. If there was no water, there would not g the following educational Val Ferret We decide to go on, hoping to find a be bumps… it is a horn. I guess this little t t trails: Prayon shortcut for our return. However, our creek is very important for the villagers h n Le Mourin La Drance de Ferret e e i hope is brief, as on the col, Gaston winds of this region ! Bi Tr Mt Dolent La Fouly up against a strong wind and he has to sse du land. He decides to go alone on ahead to Relieved, I go on and I finally get to Ferret Lac des Toules find the way home. He will return to find a small house surrounded by many Charlotte the Marmot lives around here Mts Telliers me, I promise. villagers, gazing at an ice mass: “It is

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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 receive you on the Concept : Marlène Hiroz, guide du patrimoine, CREPA Bisse du Trient pathway and she will be happy to go with En collaboration avec Simon Crettenand, gardien du bisse du Trient you down by the riverside. At the top of the Trient’s canal, Coordination : Séraphine Mettan, socio-cultural facilitator, CREPA she will let you discover an ice giant! Publisher : CREPA - Sembrancher Charlotte à La Creusaz Charlotte sur le bisse Graphic design and illustrations : Marc Fontaine - Lausanne du Trient No matter what your point of departure is ( (Les Marécottes) with the valuable collaboration of : or snack bar), just know that ten information panels are (La Forclaz) Yann Decorzant, CREPA / Jean-Charles Fellay, CREPA | distributed over three kilometres on the pathway and that Ambroise Héritier, illustrateur | Dransenergie SA, Orsières | Print’art, Martigny | Imprimerie du Bourg, Martigny | they will enable you to learn something new and to have Nicolas Luescher et Christian Bernasconi, fun at the same time. Cimo Compagnie industrielle de Monthey SA | Romaine Gay-Crosier, Hôtel du col de la Forclaz | However, before starting the activity, discover the story of Marlyse Maysonnave, Chalet du Glacier | Victor Glassey, Valrando | Charlotte à Emosson Charlotte sur le chemin Bertrand Savioz, Trient | Olivier Tornay, Martigny-Croix | Charlotte in this leaflet. Our heroine will explain to you how de la mine she got to the Bisse, and where did she get such an idea. (Finhaut) Médiathèque - Martigny | Jacky Gay-Crosier, Les Jeurs | Le Musée des bisses, Ayent | (Mayens de Bruson) A project founded by: The locations are indicated on the aerial photos within Commune de Trient the leaflet. Some of them will appeal to your reflection, others will appeal to your skills of observation or skills of deduction, many more to your personal abilities. Get your trail passport, which will Charlotte’s sponsors allow you to validate your route and Please make you sure to have a pencil for writing your win a prize once you have completed answers on the leaflet. At the end of the itinerary, you will 4 Charlotte trails. find the answers at the kiosk or at the Hotel du Col de la Forclaz.

All the information about the different trails: Charlotte is already on the pathway…

www.charlottelamarmotte.ch Jacky Gay-Crosier picture: So have a go and enjoy the discovery! Now, come back to the Col de la Forclaz where Turn, as you please, one of the Charlotte has a bonus question for you.. Bravo, here you are at the bottom Welcome of the pathway! Along the path, wheels and discover which Charlotte is represented in 4 places. the sluice gates owner need your help to water on the Bisse pathway! In the Col de la Forclaz, identify the three buil- If you want to find her, use these riddles: let deviate the stream the lawn. Write down his name. dings in the landscape, listed here below. Then towards the brook of Trient, Amidst the Col de la Forclaz and the starting match them to the right picture. 1 « I let the sand deposit on my bottom so that whereas some works have Name Result point of the pathway, the Bisse is canalized in the water can be clear » to be done in the canal. Grounds- four different ways : A C 2 « In the past, I helped the exploitation of the alpine keeper’s pastures » What object the guard must In the middle of banks covered shack 3 « I permit the regulation of the quantity of water have with him to be able to Prepare the irrigation of his plot, by by vegetation 2 that flows in the canal » handle the sluice gates? regulating properly the valves of the Military fort 4 « A long time ago, I was in a higher place game. In a cement canal 7 shaped like a barn on the mountain » In a river bad lined with stones 5 B D Indicate here below the answers of each riddle: Military How many sluice gates are In a buried pipe 1 fort (with 1 2 there, from here the canon) to the snack bar? With the help of the metallic recipient, While you observe one of them, write down shaped like a spill the water into a funnel and then cottage 3 4 the corresponding number in each box, from follow its way. If the water gets to the left to right, and you will obtain the altitude right plot, you did it! of Col de la Forclaz: Report “T” (true) in the solution box; otherwise, put an “X”.

Restart the operation to help the Start other two villagers: Forclaz pass

Match the right answers :

Turn the discs to bring together A 4 School the right images. B 2 Relais du Mont Blanc Report for each of these four situations the code C 1 Village oven and road you have obtained (read the code from the bottom D 5 Wing of the ancient Hotel du Glacier Finish to the top). E 3 « Maison de la cure » and river refreshment room of Trient Chalet du Glacier

Trient Finally, with a rebus, indicate the name of the Where did the hiker picnic? length of the path: about 3,2 km (one-way) guard who put the warning hammer (the war- ning hammer set off a bell that warned the small waterwheel of the canal had stopped): source: Office fédéral de la topographie ( n° GD150223-148-K ) What was his destination point? How the ice of Trient was Watch the pictures A, B, C of the panel, then transported to Paris? choose in the list the reason for each damage. With the help of the panel, Report the correct number next to each letter. match the right answers : From the glacier with 1 wood decay What a mess! until the canteen of trolleys 2 thunder A B C By realizing this illustration of the canal, the manufacturers were probably the workers 3 landslide forgetful. Compare this drawing with the canal in front of you, and then by train, into 4 earthquake Solve this rebus to complete report the four mistakes by marks. From the canteen trolleys 5 avalanche the following phrase: Proofread as well the until the Col de la inscription, looking through Forclaz it was slipped the water-filled pipe. Write Look for an object nearby that can retain the leaves or down what you have read From the Col de la the twigs felt down in the canal. in a chariot and complete the arrow Forclaz to Martigny drawn by thereby formed: What is it? From Martigny a horse On the other side of the valley, there is the Col de to Paris Balme. For a long time, the fastest way, amidst N.B. Remind that nothing can be thrown in Martigny and the canal. An overflow can cause severe To keep food damage! in France, crossed the mountain.