A Guide to the Western Alps

Aiguille Albertville Allevard Alpine Alps Annecy Aosta ascent bank Bourg d'Oisans Briançon bridge called chain châlets Chambéry Chamouni char-road Cogne commands Courmayeur crevasses crosses crystalline Dauphiné débris Dent descends difficulty direct distance district Dranse excursion farther Geneva glacier glen gorge Graian Graian Alps Grand Grenoble hamlet head height highest Inns Isère junction La Thuile lake lies lower lying Martigny mass miles Mont Blanc Mont Cenis Monte Rosa Monte Viso moraine moun mountain mounts Moutiers mule-path mules nearly névé Noire opposite pass pastures path leads peak pedestrian Pelvoux Pennine Pierre plateau Pont portion range reached Rhone ridge road rocks Romanche Route Saas Samoëns Savoy scenery seen Servoz side Sixt slopes snow steep stream summit Susa thence Tignes tion torrent Tour track traveller traversed Tuckett Turin upper Val de Bagnes valley Vallouise village walk Zermatt