. Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol : handbook for travellers. untain; the barren and stony slope is then ascendedby a good bridle-path. After ^/^ hr. the wood is entered tothe r.; 8 min, , the Grand Naiit, a mountain torrent, is crossed,and in 11/4 hr. more the Croix de la Fiegere (02(30) is reached(poor inn, high charges). The *view embraces the entire chainof Mont Blanc, from the Col de Balme (the inn on which isclearly discernible), to the Glacier des Bossons , which extendsijito the valley to the S.; Mont Blanc with its vast snow-tieldsis visible from sum
. Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol : handbook for travellers. untain; the barren and stony slope is then ascendedby a good bridle-path. After ^/^ hr. the wood is entered tothe r.; 8 min, , the Grand Naiit, a mountain torrent, is crossed,and in 11/4 hr. more the Croix de la Fiegere (02(30) is reached(poor inn, high charges). The *view embraces the entire chainof Mont Blanc, from the Col de Balme (the inn on which isclearly discernible), to the Glacier des Bossons , which extendsijito the valley to the S.; Mont Blanc with its vast snow-tieldsis visible from summit to base. From no point of view do thejagged pinnacles which surround the Aiguille Verte (13,540) appearso striking as from here; the rugged summits of the AiguillesRouges also have a singular aspect. A great portion of the Glacierdes Bois (Mer de Glace) is surveyed. The view is seen to thebest advantage by evening light. Comp. Panorama. — Travellersapproaching Chamouny from Argentiere may ascend by La Joux(pp. 217, 224) to Les Pres Hauls (guide not absolutely necessary), ^:yy,- ^,v/..,. f//,/ f/,./.„/„->^ Brevent. CHAMOUNY. 64. Route. 221 and walk along the brow of the hills opposite the Mont Blajicchain in the direction of the cross on the FMg^re. For the descent from the FMgore to the foot of the moun-tain 1 hr. amply After the Arve is crossed, a path tothe 1., before the village of Les Praz is reached, leads by thevillage of Les Bois and a flr-clad moraine of the Glacier desBois, in ^/^ hr. to the Source of the Arveiron, which here Issuesfrom the Glacier des Bois through an arch of ice fillumination1/2 fr-) 5 usually closed in winter. During some seasons this spothardly merits a visit. It is dangerous to venture under theice-arch. as blocks of ice frequently become detached. In 1868a young English lady lost her life hr this manner. On the roadnear the glacier is an inn. Au Tourhte; carriage witli four seatsto (3 M.) Chamouny 5 fr. The Brevent (8284),
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