Italy: a handbook for travellersFirst Part (Nothern Italy) . ls, commanding fine viewsof the Grivola to the W. and of the Combe de Valeille (see p. 5<) to the next pass the chapel of Cret to the (2 hrs.) chalets of Chavanis, whencewc may either follow the lower path to the right by Brouillot and Peiratza,or that to the left along the slope of the Tersiva (see above), via Piandsand Ponton, with its little lake, and along the Tour de Ponton (9846 ft.),to the (2 hrs.) linestra di Champorcher (9311 ft.), between the Tour dePonton and the Becco Costassa. We descend into the pastoral Val Cha

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Italy: a handbook for travellersFirst Part (Nothern Italy) . ls, commanding fine viewsof the Grivola to the W. and of the Combe de Valeille (see p. 5<) to the next pass the chapel of Cret to the (2 hrs.) chalets of Chavanis, whencewc may either follow the lower path to the right by Brouillot and Peiratza,or that to the left along the slope of the Tersiva (see above), via Piandsand Ponton, with its little lake, and along the Tour de Ponton (9846 ft.),to the (2 hrs.) linestra di Champorcher (9311 ft.), between the Tour dePonton and the Becco Costassa. We descend into the pastoral Val Cham-porcher or Camporciero, passing the chalets of Dondena, to (3i/2 hrs,)Champorcher (4b82 ft.; rustic inn), and thence by Pont-Boset to (2V2 hrs )Hdne-Bard (p. 50). From Cogne to St. Marcel over the Col de St. Marcel, 8 hrs. notdifficult (practicable for mules). The route leads through the Vallone diGrauson to the (2*/2 hrs.) chalets of Grauson (see above), and thence past thelittle Coronas Lake (8830 ft.) to the (2 hrs.) Col de St. Marcel {Colle di ^^^^^M. I ; • Ziveroi?,TourRonfle ?S*-Ceo [ WgtfeancU <?& g?. La&at 03± ? licpwii P/deSaruie W SJgJ MLaRof Sty £V Va ^» BpcdrkiTi-m^ieiv.! lttlkta r*rSaSsf

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