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Ayer - Valais
Vue du village D'Ayer depuis Grimentz. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Vue du village D'Ayer depuis Grimentz
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Grimentz-Zinal
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Grimentz-Zinal.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Zinal is a village in Switzerland, located in the municipality of Anniviers in the canton of Valais.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Grimentz-Zinal before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Grimentz-Zinal
The surviving overview does not identify one decisive access date for Grimentz-Zinal.
This edition therefore leaves that date open rather than turning gradual change into a false single event.
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Ché de Mareinda
The Ché de Mareinda seen from the Grimentz-Sorebois cable car, to the northeast, in the Val d'Anniviers, Switzerland. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- The Ché de Mareinda seen from the Grimentz-Sorebois cable car, to the northeast, in the Val d'Anniviers, Switzerland
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
2013
Winter becomes organised
The village is a typical Swiss ski resort with 120 km (75 mi) (linked with Grimentz since 2013 to form a greater skiing area) of ski slopes and 19.5 km (12.1 mi) of cross-country skiing.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Grimentz-Zinal is recorded at 46.180° N, 7.575° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,896 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Open ledger · AOD.EU.GRIMENTZ.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.GRIMENTZ.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.GRIMENTZ.V00
Ayer - Valais
Vue du village D'Ayer depuis Grimentz. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Vue du village D'Ayer depuis Grimentz
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Grimentz-Zinal now
Grimentz-Zinal remains a lived-in place as well as a sporting destination.
Its present identity continues to depend on the relationship between residents, visitors, access and the landscape or water that first shaped it.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Ayer - Valais
AOD.EU.GRIMENTZ.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ché de Mareinda
AOD.EU.GRIMENTZ.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Zinal overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.