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Identifier: switzerlanditaly00karl (find matches)
Title: Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol. Handbook for travellers
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipsic : K. Baedeker
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ng than from the Italian side. The most strikingobject in the panorama, and the lion of Zermatt, is the Matterhorn(14,780; p. 350). Around the base of the Riffelberg, from E. to W.,winds the huge ^Gorner Glacier, which is joined in its course bysix other glaciers; from its base issues the Visp (Matter-Visp). The views from the -Hohthali-Grat (iQ,lW\ the E. prolongation of theGorner Grat, 1 hr. more Oaborious, for climbers only; guide advisable),and from the ^tockhorn (11,595), 1 hr. farther to the W., are still finer; bothembrace the Findelen Glacier also. From the Riffelalp (see above) there is another path to the Eiffel Inn,V2 hr. longer than the above, but more interesting from its frequent prox-imity to the Gorner Glacier. Above the Hotel RitTelalp it diverges to theright from the bridle-path and skirts a stony slope (Riffelbord), the hauntof the marmot, at first in the direction of the Matterhorn, then towards Breithonm 4171 tervin) Tete Blanche3750 Stockhorn CimadlJazzi3534 3818
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