Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69

advanced gallery Aiguille Aiguilles d'Arve Almer Alpine Alps angle Aosta arête arrived ascent attempt Bennen Breil Briançon centre rail chalets Chamounix CHAP cliffs clouds Col du Galibier couloir crevasses crossed Croz d'Hérens Dauphiné débris Dent Blanche Dent d'Hérens descended difficulty direction distance Ecrins face feet fell final peak followed foot France glacial glacier guides gully height highest point inches Jean-Antoine Carrel length less Lion looked mass Matterhorn Meije Melchior Anderegg mètres Meynet Michel miles Modane Mont Blanc Mont Cenis Mont Pelvoux Monte Viso moraines mountain nearly night pass precipices Professor Tyndall railway Reynaud ridge roches moutonnées rocks rope round route Sausse seemed seen Sémiond side slopes snow snow-slope steep stones summit surface tent Théodule tion tourists tunnel turned Val Louise Val Tournanche valley Valpelline village Viso weather wind yards Zermatt