Across Country from Thonon to Trent. Rambles and Scrambles in Switzerland and the Tyrol

Adamello Aiguille Aiguille Verte Alpine Alps amidst arête ascent bank bath beneath bergschrund Bernina Bignasco boulders breakfast bridge brow cascades chalets Chamonix Champéry Cima cliffs climb clouds couloir Couttet crags crevasses crossed dark deep descend Dévouassoud dinner Disgrazia distance farther feet Fluri followed foot found ourselves Géant glacier glen glissade Grand grass green guides halt head hill-side hour ice-stream Italian lake leaving ledge look Maggia meadows milk minutes Mont Blanc Monte Rosa moraine morning mountain narrow névé o'clock Olivone pass path peak picturesque Pinzolo Piz Valrhein plateau Ponte di Legno Pontresina porter precipices Presanella reached ridge river road rocks rope round Sarca scramble side slopes snow snow-slopes snowy soon spot steep steeply steps stream summit Thal THONON torrent tower track turned upper Val d'Illiez Val Maggia Val Rendena valley village walk whence whilst wind Zermatt zigzags Zwischbergen