The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps: A Tour Through All the Romantic and Less-frequented "Vals" of Northern Piedmont, from the Tarentaise to the GriesMurray, 1858 - 558 pages |
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Alagna Alpine Alps Aosta ascent avalanches baggage Barailler beautiful Bernard Biona blue bouquetin bridge Cervin châlets Challant chamois Champorcher Châtillon chesnut church climbed clouds Cogne colour Courmayeur Cramont crest crevasses crossed curé d'Ossola dark deep Delapierre descending distance Doire feet foot forest German glacier glen gneiss gorge granite green Gressoney head height houses Italian La Thuile larch lofty looked lower Macugnaga magnificent mass meadows Mont Blanc Mont Velan Monte Rosa Mora moraine morning mule narrow night pass pastures path peaks Piedmont pine precipice range reached remarkable rich ridge Rimasco Rimella road rocks round route scene scenery seemed seen singular slope snow Spitze steep stone stream summit Taurini torrent track trees Val d'Aosta Val d'Ayas Val d'Ossola Val de Lys Val Sesia Val Tournanche valley Valpelline Varallo vast village walls wild Zumstein