Ski-runs in the high Alps . 60 DESCENT INTO THE TELLITHAL, LOETSCHENTHAL . 70 ON THE TOP OF THE FINSTERAARHORN . .80 ABOVE RIED, LOETSCHENTHAL . . .90 WILDSTRUBEL AND PLAINE MORTE GLACIER . , 100 KANDER GLACIER ...... 123 QASTERNTHAL ....... 130 CONCORDIA PLATZ . . . .149 BREAKFAST ON THE FINSTERAARHORN .... 163 ADOLF ON THE FINSTERAARHORN ARETE . . 178 THE VALSOREY GLEN ...... 190 THE 80NAD0N CLIFFS ...... 214 ON THE DENT BLANCHE, WITH MATTERHORN . . 230 15 16 ILLUSTRATIONS FACE PAGE TOP OP DENT BLANCHE ..... 234 ON THE 8TOCKJ6, LOOKING EAST .... 238 FOOT OF STOCKJE, LOOKING EAST .... 243 UPP
Ski-runs in the high Alps . 60 DESCENT INTO THE TELLITHAL, LOETSCHENTHAL . 70 ON THE TOP OF THE FINSTERAARHORN . .80 ABOVE RIED, LOETSCHENTHAL . . .90 WILDSTRUBEL AND PLAINE MORTE GLACIER . , 100 KANDER GLACIER ...... 123 QASTERNTHAL ....... 130 CONCORDIA PLATZ . . . .149 BREAKFAST ON THE FINSTERAARHORN .... 163 ADOLF ON THE FINSTERAARHORN ARETE . . 178 THE VALSOREY GLEN ...... 190 THE 80NAD0N CLIFFS ...... 214 ON THE DENT BLANCHE, WITH MATTERHORN . . 230 15 16 ILLUSTRATIONS FACE PAGE TOP OP DENT BLANCHE ..... 234 ON THE 8TOCKJ6, LOOKING EAST .... 238 FOOT OF STOCKJE, LOOKING EAST .... 243 UPPER SCERSCEN AND ROSEG GLACIERS . . 253 THE SONADON GLACIER ..... 266 AT THE FOOT OF THE COL dhERENS .... 279 THE BRITANNIA HUT ...... 302 MAPS. DIABLERETS—WILDHORN—WILDSTRUBEL—GEMMI PASS . 64 KANDER8TEG—FINSTERAARHORN—GRIMSEL . .114 FERRET—ENTREMONT—BAGNES .... 182 THE PENNINE RANGE FROM GRAND ST. BERNARD TO ZERMATT 208MISCHABEL RANGE AND MONTE ROSA .... 240PIZ BERNINA CIRCUIT ...... 248. Ski-Runs in the High Alps CHAPTEE I SKI-EUNNING IN THE HIGH ALPS The different ski-ing zones—Their characteristics and dangers—The glaciers as ski-ing grounds—The ski-running season—Inverted temperature—The conformation of winter snow—Precautionary measures—Glacier weather—Eock condi-tions—Weather reports—Guides and porters. N a chapter like this, a writer on the HighAlps may well abstain from poetical or literary-developments. His subject is best handledas a technical sport, and personal experienceshould alone be drawn upon for its illustration. Little more than ten years have elapsedsince men with a knowledge of summer moun-taineering began to explore the Alps in only are the successes, which have almostinvariably attended the winter exploration ofthe Swiss ice-fields, full of instruction for thenovice, but also the accidents and misfortuneswhich, sad to say, ended in loss of life or limb,have conveyed useful lessons. In this chapter the writer ha
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