Identifier: 02491087.5441.emory.edu
Title: Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol : handbook for travellers
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipzig : K. Baedeker London : Dulau and Co. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
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teep rocks and thecrevassed Stock Glacier to the (1 hr.) Stockje (9052), a rocky island at thehead of the Zmutt Glacier, between the Stock Glacier (left) and the Tiefen-malten Glacier (right). We descend the stone-covered Zmutt Glacier(fatiguing), and regain a firm footing at the (2/2 hrs.) Slaffel Alp (p. 382).Thence to Zermatt, IV2 hr. To Pkarate oveb the Col des Bouquetins (10-11 hrs.; guide 35 fr.),also fatiguing. Either by the Col dHerens route (see above), or by the leftmoraine along the Mont Mini, we ascend to the upper Mont Mind Glacier,and to the right to the Col dea Bouquetins (11,215), immediately to the E.of the Dent des Bouquetins (12,625). Descent over the upper and lowerGlacier de Zade-Zan to Prarayi (p. 368). From Evolena to Vissoyb oveb the Col de Torrent, bridle-path, 9 hrs. (guide, desirable, 14, horse 25 fr.). Walkers ascenddirect to (1 hr.) Villa (p. 367). Riders follow the road to (22 min.from Evolena) a tall wooden cross, at which the bridle-path diverges i Visp
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oftheValais. COL DE TORRENT. Maps,pp.348,370.-V.R.83. 371 to the left. 40 min. La Sage (5482), where we turn to the left justabove the church; */4 hr. Villa (5645), where we turn to the righta few yards beyond the fountain. We next ascend the Alp Cotter inlong zigzags, and then across slate-debris, to the (3^2 hrs.) *Col deTorrent (9593), to the S. of the Sasseneire (see below). Splendidview of the Val dHorens and the grand mountains encircling it(from right to left: Pointe de Vouasson, Aiguilles Rouges, Mt.Pleureur, Mont Blanc de Seilon, Serpentine, Pigne dArolla, Dentsde Veisivi, Dents de Bertol, Mont Mine, Tete Blanche, etc.). The Sasseneire (10,693), 1 hr. from the col (guide desirable), affordsa magnificent panorama: to the N. the Jura appears like a blue line beyondthe Pas de Cheville (p. 295); to the S. the attention is chiefly arrested bythe Dent Blanche, which is not visible from the col. To the N. of the Sasseneire another attractive route crosses the Pasde Lona (9075) to th

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