Ski-runs in the high Alps . Alpine Club, which is recognised by theSwiss club, but has no corporate existence withinthat club. 2. The new association, which now numbers littleless than 400 members, started a subscription witha view to providing the Swiss club with fundssufficient for the building of a first-class hut on theKlein Allalin Horn above Saas Fee, at the expenseof J^800. This hut was built by the care, and will 112 SKI-RUNS IN THE HIGH ALPS remain under the administration of, the Genevasection of the Swiss Alpine Club. It was completedand inaugurated this year (1912). The Britannia h
Ski-runs in the high Alps . Alpine Club, which is recognised by theSwiss club, but has no corporate existence withinthat club. 2. The new association, which now numbers littleless than 400 members, started a subscription witha view to providing the Swiss club with fundssufficient for the building of a first-class hut on theKlein Allalin Horn above Saas Fee, at the expenseof J^800. This hut was built by the care, and will 112 SKI-RUNS IN THE HIGH ALPS remain under the administration of, the Genevasection of the Swiss Alpine Club. It was completedand inaugurated this year (1912). The Britannia hut deserves particular mentionin these pages, because it has been contributed toby the ski-ing clubs of Great Britain, on accountof the first-rate opportunities it offers for ski toursin the High Alps. It occupies a central positionin the Mischabel range which, from the top ofMonte Eosa to the glacier of Kied that rolls downfrom the Balfrin to within 4 miles of St. Niklaus,is one of the finest ski-ing fields of Th. «i,. CHAPTEE V THE BEENESE OBEELAND FEOM END TO END The Oberland circuit—My appointment with Arnold Lunn—AnAnglo-Swiss piece of work—An unbelieving public—Switzer-land and Britain—Geographical—Practical—We start fromBeatenberg—The Jungfrau ice-slabs—New Years Day atKandersteg—In the Gasterenthal—On the Tschingelfirn—Foehn-effects on the Petersgrat—The TelH glacier—TheKippel bottle-race—A church door—Theodore Kalbermatten—The Loetschen pass—Burnt socks—Eoped ski-ing—TheConcordia breakfast-table—Why we did not ascend theJungfrau—The Concordia huts—The Grunhornllicke—Onsnow lips and cornices—An afternoon snooze—The Fin-steraarhorn hut—A guideless party—Ascent of the Finsteraar-horn—Our next pass—A stranded runner—The Grimsel—Home life at Guttannen—Our sleigh run to Meiringen—Acomparison of winter and summer work—Memories andvisions—Table of levels—How to form a caravan—The p
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