Editing Saastal (section)

{{Short description|Alpine valley in Switzerland}}
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[[Image:Saas-Grund.jpg|thumb|Saastal with Saas-Fee and Saas-Grund]]

The '''Saastal''' or the '''Saas Valley''' is an [[Swiss Alps|alpine]] valley in the [[Visp (district)|district of Visp]], in the eastern part of the [[Canton of Valais]], [[Switzerland]]. It is the valley of the river [[Saaser Vispa]]. It is separated from the [[Mattertal]] to the west by the [[Dom (mountain)|Mischabel]] massif. Villages in the valley are, upstream, [[Eisten]], [[Saas-Balen]], [[Saas-Grund]], [[Saas-Fee]] and [[Saas-Almagell]]. Until 1893, the municipalities of Almagell, Balen, Fee and Grund were a single parish, with the only church in Grund. [[Mattmarksee]] is a [[reservoir]] built in the 1960s.

The region hosts an extensive winter sports region, comprising the separate ski areas of [[Saas-Fee]], [[Saas-Grund]] and [[Saas-Almagell]]. As well as individual ski passes a combined pass is available; each of these areas is connected to the other parts of the region by postal bus, rather than dedicated skilifts.