{"id":5014,"date":"2020-09-01T10:39:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T08:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/?p=5014"},"modified":"2020-09-01T14:21:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T12:21:03","slug":"ferpecle-et-mont-mine-walk-to-the-foot-of-the-glaciers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/en\/ferpecle-et-mont-mine-walk-to-the-foot-of-the-glaciers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferp\u00e8cle and Mont Min\u00e9: a walk to the foot of the glaciers in Val d&#8217;H\u00e9rens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-b7oi9-75987fcf48856cf5156bb98d4805c979\">\n.avia-section.av-b7oi9-75987fcf48856cf5156bb98d4805c979{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Photo-arri\u00e8re-fond-2.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:fixed;\n}\n.avia-section.av-b7oi9-75987fcf48856cf5156bb98d4805c979 .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.3;\nbackground-color:#0a0a0a;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-b7oi9-75987fcf48856cf5156bb98d4805c979 main_color avia-section-huge avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  avia-full-stretch avia-bg-style-fixed av-section-color-overlay-active container_wrap sidebar_right'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch'><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay-wrap\"><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay\"><\/div><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-5014'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kecxoe8w-d485531cc176f88d680381018586e43b\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-kecxoe8w-d485531cc176f88d680381018586e43b{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-kecxoe8w-d485531cc176f88d680381018586e43b .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-kecxoe8w-d485531cc176f88d680381018586e43b .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-kecxoe8w-d485531cc176f88d680381018586e43b .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-kecxoe8w-d485531cc176f88d680381018586e43b av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-linked-heading'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Ferp\u00e8cle and Mont Min\u00e9: a walk to the foot of the glaciers in Val d\u2019H\u00e9rens<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-5014'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-223xih-cae56573f65e1d6cf94812b13d6841ff\">\n.flex_column.av-223xih-cae56573f65e1d6cf94812b13d6841ff{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-223xih-cae56573f65e1d6cf94812b13d6841ff av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_social_share  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ke8eru3w-faddb106d8b6281dbddec9e69604ad6e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the village of La Forclaz, a small road will lead you to Ferp\u00e8cle along the peaks of Les Haud\u00e8res, after Evol\u00e8ne. After passing some hamlets which are typical of Val d&#8217;H\u00e9rens, as well as a striking view of the Dent Blanche, you will pass the iconic <\/span><b>Col d&#8217;H\u00e9rens hotel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> dating from the 19th century and standing at an altitude of 1,766m. Your hike will start from the nearby car park. This trail is accessible from spring to autumn, with snow making this hike inaccessible in the winter.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Hike to reach out and touch the Mont Min\u00e9 glacier<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head to the bottom of the <\/span><b>Mont Min\u00e9 glacier<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, altitude 2,000m, by following the small mountain road on a slight incline up to the<\/span><b> Ferp\u00e8cle dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1,882m).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continue along a pretty, relatively flat footpath following a stream flowing directly from the glacier, with the Dent Blanche to admire ahead of you. In less than 45 minutes, you will find yourself in the high mountains on a glacial plain, classified as an alluvial site of national importance with a tundra-like landscape. Opposite, you\u2019ll see Mont-Min\u00e9, with the glacier of the same name on the right at an altitude of 1,960m, and on the left its twin, the <\/span><b>Ferp\u00e8cle glacier<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5061\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1302-1030x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1302-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1302-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1302-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1302-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1302.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>Fauna and flora<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A wild hike, yet easily accessible and ideal for the family, you will never tire of the different landscapes guiding you throughout your walk: mountain streams, rocks, perennial plants and rhododendrons, and even deciduous and larch tree forests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1244-1030x687.jpg\" alt=\"Flore H\u00e9rens\" width=\"1030\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1244-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1244-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1244-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1244-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1244.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photography enthusiasts can look out for \u201cgouilles\u201d: small lakes that have formed over time which reflect the surrounding peaks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And don\u2019t miss encounters with sheep and cows grazing near the stream. With a bit of luck, you might even spot a few ibex and marmots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For picnics, there are many rocky outcrops where you can find a place to sit.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The bucolic Ferp\u00e8cle valley<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the glaciers melting, the bottom of the Ferp\u00e8cle valley hides one of the most beautiful alpine landscapes with spectacular moraines framing a wild, rocky alluvial plain. Overflowing glacial streams have created small lakes with turquoise water which reflect the majestic Dent Blanche. These same streams have also scattered sand banks, piles of pebbles and old, mysterious tree trunks across the landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1273-1030x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1273-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1273-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1273-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1273-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1273.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this mountain setting, legend has it that, as well as a bucolic backdrop, the Ferp\u00e8cle valley is an <\/span><b>unstoppable source of energy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: the silt which spreads from the foot of the Mont-Min\u00e9 glacier is said to have <\/span><b>therapeutic properties<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1326-1030x687.jpg\" alt=\"plaine Ferp\u00e8cle\" width=\"1030\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1326-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1326-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1326-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1326-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1326.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>Legs not tired yet?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start the ascent from Ferp\u00e8cle (Le Salay) heading towards the dam, but before you get there, take the path on the left which leads to <\/span><b>the Cabane de Bricola<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a former hotel and mountain pasture standing at an altitude of 2,420m. The hike will take around 3.5 hours, with the route back following the same path. More experienced hikers can extend the route by taking the high-mountain path to the <\/span><b>Dent Blanche Hut <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at an altitude of 2,640m.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>A little history<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the past, the tongues of the two glaciers Ferp\u00e8cle and Mont Min\u00e9 connected to form a shared front which reached the hamlet of Salay at an altitude of 1,780m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retreating with time as a result of global warming, the shared tongue has divided into two branches and each glacier now occupies a separate valley either side of Mont Min\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5071\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1222-1030x687.jpg\" alt=\"glacier\" width=\"1030\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1222-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1222-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1222-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1222-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1222.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ferp\u00e8cle glacier is a crossing point for Zermatt, and even Sion and Evol\u00e8ne via the Col d&#8217;H\u00e9rens, known to people since Roman times.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Global warming<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, the glaciers continue to retreat, revealing previously inaccessible geological formations. On the Ferp\u00e8cle mountain pasture, hikers can find roches moutonn\u00e9es (rocks rounded by the glacier) as well as glacial potholes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you hike, watch out for the numbers painted on the rocks as you approach the glacial tongue: each number marks the glacier\u2019s position that year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The landscape changes year to year, with the glacial tongue receding roughly 26m every year as a result of ice melting and global warming \u2013 but its unique, wild beauty will continue to amaze you whatever the season<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Alluvial site of \u200b\u200bnational importance<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a drastic reduction in alluvial sites in Switzerland, whether from being destroyed or very strongly disrupted, in 1992 the Swiss Confederation set up a <\/span><b>federal inventory of alluvial sites of national importance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, grounded in the <\/span><b>federal law on the protection of nature and the landscape<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in order to protect and enhance the most precious alluvial sites in Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ferp\u00e8cle is one such area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1293-1030x681.jpg\" alt=\"plaine alluviale H\u00e9rens\" width=\"1030\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1293-1030x681.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1293-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1293-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dixence-resort.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1293-705x466.jpg 705w, 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