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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... ridges ) , leading over from the St. Bernard , at a height of some 9200 feet , into the Val Ferret , which lies under the base of the left or eastern flank of the Mont Blanc chain . By this route we should have the opportunity of ...
... ridges ) , leading over from the St. Bernard , at a height of some 9200 feet , into the Val Ferret , which lies under the base of the left or eastern flank of the Mont Blanc chain . By this route we should have the opportunity of ...
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... ridges , the deepening gloom increasing their savage wildness . Conspicuous among those in the foreground was the singular insulated mass quaintly called the Tour des Fous , a fantastic pile of up- reared tables of quartz , of which ...
... ridges , the deepening gloom increasing their savage wildness . Conspicuous among those in the foreground was the singular insulated mass quaintly called the Tour des Fous , a fantastic pile of up- reared tables of quartz , of which ...
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... ridges , the Aiguilles du Midi , as our guide termed them , which must be a part of Mont Vertosant or Falère , marked Mont Fallet in the Sardinian map ; and , on turning the shoulder of the hill , the range of the Serena came in view ...
... ridges , the Aiguilles du Midi , as our guide termed them , which must be a part of Mont Vertosant or Falère , marked Mont Fallet in the Sardinian map ; and , on turning the shoulder of the hill , the range of the Serena came in view ...
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... ridge may perhaps be pro- perly called the Grande Rossère , and the summit , seen from the neighbourhood of Courmayeur , Mont Carmet . There is much confusion in the maps . This mountain is singularly wild and fantastic , and I ...
... ridge may perhaps be pro- perly called the Grande Rossère , and the summit , seen from the neighbourhood of Courmayeur , Mont Carmet . There is much confusion in the maps . This mountain is singularly wild and fantastic , and I ...
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... ridges , the mind was lost in real- izing the overwhelming sublimity of the scene . Our fatigue and hunger were almost forgotten in our rapt admiration of it . We were only roused by Pierre and the mule coming up , when , after an ...
... ridges , the mind was lost in real- izing the overwhelming sublimity of the scene . Our fatigue and hunger were almost forgotten in our rapt admiration of it . We were only roused by Pierre and the mule coming up , when , after an ...
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