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 Gries |
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... path , and the pene- trating clouds poured down on us with a damp chill , breaking only for a moment to disclose some lofty peak sheeted with snow and glacier , that we were fully reminded of our former As then , the mist prevented us ...
... path , and the pene- trating clouds poured down on us with a damp chill , breaking only for a moment to disclose some lofty peak sheeted with snow and glacier , that we were fully reminded of our former As then , the mist prevented us ...
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... path rising abruptly through steep pine - forests strewn with cubical blocks of fine quartz , of all sizes , and variously tinged with red , yellow , and white . From among them sprang a profusion of the rosy - flowered rhododendron ...
... path rising abruptly through steep pine - forests strewn with cubical blocks of fine quartz , of all sizes , and variously tinged with red , yellow , and white . From among them sprang a profusion of the rosy - flowered rhododendron ...
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... path below this , now became sufficiently well marked with the summer tracks of the goats , and the first sign of habitation was a singularly dreary and black - looking hovel , perched at a distance from us on a bare shingle , which ...
... path below this , now became sufficiently well marked with the summer tracks of the goats , and the first sign of habitation was a singularly dreary and black - looking hovel , perched at a distance from us on a bare shingle , which ...
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... path through it , down which the mule slid , rather than walked , was like a street built on a ruined stair- case ; the people however looked happy and contented , saluting us most civilly , and helping to shoe the mule with an alacrity ...
... path through it , down which the mule slid , rather than walked , was like a street built on a ruined stair- case ; the people however looked happy and contented , saluting us most civilly , and helping to shoe the mule with an alacrity ...
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... path among the scattered cottages ; luxuriant pumpkins with their great golden fruit straggled over the orchards ; and by a beautiful little byway under shady walnut - trees , we entered Morgex . Our muleteer tried hard to induce us to ...
... path among the scattered cottages ; luxuriant pumpkins with their great golden fruit straggled over the orchards ; and by a beautiful little byway under shady walnut - trees , we entered Morgex . Our muleteer tried hard to induce us to ...
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Alagna Alpine Alps ancient Aosta ascent avalanches baggage Barailler beautiful Bernard blue bouquetin bridge châlets Challant chamois Châtillon church climb clouds Cogne colour Courmayeur Cramont crevasses crossed curé d'Ossola dark deep Delapierre descending distance Doire Fcap feet foot forest German glacier glen gneiss gorge granite green Gressoney Grivola head height houses Italian La Thuile larch lofty looked lower Macugnaga mass meadows Mont Blanc Mont Velan Monte Rosa Mora moraine morning mule narrow night pass path peaks Piedmont pine Post 8vo precipice range reached remarkable rich ridge Rimasco Rimella road rocks Roman round scene scenery Second Edition seemed seen Sesia singular slope snow steep stone stream summit Taurini torrent track trees Turin Val d'Aosta Val d'Ayas Val d'Ossola Val de Lys Val Sesia valley Valpelline Varallo vast village Vols walls wild Woodcuts Zumstein
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