Name Cascade de Pissevache
Cascade height 103 m
Step height 43 m / 60 m
Coordinates 2 568257
1 110358
Head zone gradually
Fall zone multiple free falling / multiple cascade 
Impact zone  Rock / Kolk 
Name of water body La Salanfe
Dranaige basin size  18,4 km2
City Vernayaz

The Pissevache
The waterfalls of Pissevache are straight on the main road between St-Maurice and Martigny. From the From the Hotel/Restaurant La Cascade within a few meters you can reach the impact zone of the lower falls. As the water from the Lac de la Salanfe is periodically drain for electricity production, the Pissevache can be either relative inconspicucous or very impressive. At night also the lower waterfall is illuminated by spotlights. The old cable car At hydroelectric power station Pissevache in Vernayaz in 1898 for the first time a cable car was installed at a power station. As a major exception the headquarters of the power station was up at the top oft he mountain station. The cable car was the only access to the power station headquarters.

Valley Station: Vernayaz route de la Cascade 39 (452 m)   
Mountain station: Kraftwerk Vernayaz-Pissevache Zentrale (587 m) 
Length: 300 m
Construction: Threads Car, Impulse at mountain station
Opening: 1898
Decommissioning: 1997
Useage: power station track, not public

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