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Home to vineyards, snowy peaks and the Matterhorn, the Valais is one of Switzerland's top walking destinations.

Seven-day self-guided walk with Macs Adventure runs April-October, from £600 B&B, including luggage transfers and support line Home to vineyards, snowy peaks and the Matterhorn, the Valais is one of Switzerland's top walking destinations.

Encompassing the majestic Matterhorn, the Great St .Bernard Pass and the upscale Zermatt ski resort, this ancient valley, known by the Romans as Vallis Poenina and now as Valais, is expected to vote on March 3 in favor of joining the United Nations -- but just barely.

Similarly, La Tzoumaz in Valais is home to western Switzerland's longest toboggan course – a six-mile proposition which begins at the Savoleyres summit station, at 7,723ft 2,354mm), and loses 2,687ft (819m) as it swerves steeply back into town.

Central Valais is a drought-sensitive, continental, inner-Alpine mountain area (Figure 1).

From the frosted slopes of Verbier to the intoxicating wines of Sion and Salgesch – the Swiss canton of Valais is a natural beauty.

The company said to be involved, based in Sion in the canton of Valais, was wound up on 30 November last year, the Telegraph reported.

In 1802 Austrian Frickthal was added to the republic, and Valais was detached and made into an independent republic (later, in 1810, annexed to France).

Some villages, such as Guarda in the lower Engadin and Grimentz in the Val d'Anniviers of Valais, are renowned for their picturesque beauty, and others, such as Crans-Montana on the slopes above the Rhône valley in Valais canton and Wengen in the Berner Oberland, have developed into famous resorts.

The article 'Mini guide to winter activities in Valais' was published in partnership with Lonely Planet Traveller.

The Valais was split from Raetia by Claudius in AD 43 and merged with the province of Alpes Graiae to form a new province, Alpes Graiae et Poeninae.