. Southern France, including Corsica: handbook for travellers. a striking view of the Vignemale. — To(iavarnie via this Col or the Col de Mallerouge, see p. 146. To the Pic dArdihen via Petraoi:te, 5 hrs., guide 20 fr. This ex-pedition is well worth making. We ascend past the (1/2 hr.) Grange de laHeine Hortense (p. 144) and farther on to the right (S. W.) towards the crestof the mountain, then turn to the to the (2 hrs.) Gabane de Peyraoute,to which point riding is practicable, and thence to the Col dArdiden. Wenext enter a gorge full of fallen rocks and containing the (1 hr.) LacsdArdid
. Southern France, including Corsica: handbook for travellers. a striking view of the Vignemale. — To(iavarnie via this Col or the Col de Mallerouge, see p. 146. To the Pic dArdihen via Petraoi:te, 5 hrs., guide 20 fr. This ex-pedition is well worth making. We ascend past the (1/2 hr.) Grange de laHeine Hortense (p. 144) and farther on to the right (S. W.) towards the crestof the mountain, then turn to the to the (2 hrs.) Gabane de Peyraoute,to which point riding is practicable, and thence to the Col dArdiden. Wenext enter a gorge full of fallen rocks and containing the (1 hr.) LacsdArdiden, the largest of which (l/2 hr.), the Lac Grand (7805 ft.), affords amagnificent spectacle. Thence, crossing some snow, we. gain the N. slopeof the peak, the ascent of which is toilsome, and in 1 hr. more reach thetop of the Pic dArdiden (9805 ft.), which is composed of a chaos of rocksproduced by the disintegration of the granite. There is a magnificent viewof the plain, and the surrounding valleys, as well as of the Halaitous, B agrur ? s - tL-Liuliai. kc^H, ? HiH^^HHH
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