. Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol : handbook for travellers . e Gugel (86800, aheight •/« nr- to the , commands also the Findelen and Adler glaciersand the Adler Pass. We now ascend to the left over pastures to the (3/i t>r-)Rote Boden (9125), with the small Riffelhorn Lakes, at the foot of theabrupt Riffelhorn (p. 334). Lastly, a winding ascent over dt(bris to the(3/<-l hr.) summit of the Gorner Grat. The **Gorner Grat (10,290; 4975 above Zermatt) is a rockyridge rising from the plateau of the Riffelberg, and reached from theRiffelhaus in iy2 ur- I*
. Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol : handbook for travellers . e Gugel (86800, aheight •/« nr- to the , commands also the Findelen and Adler glaciersand the Adler Pass. We now ascend to the left over pastures to the (3/i t>r-)Rote Boden (9125), with the small Riffelhorn Lakes, at the foot of theabrupt Riffelhorn (p. 334). Lastly, a winding ascent over dt(bris to the(3/<-l hr.) summit of the Gorner Grat. The **Gorner Grat (10,290; 4975 above Zermatt) is a rockyridge rising from the plateau of the Riffelberg, and reached from theRiffelhaus in iy2 ur- I* commands a most imposing view (see Pan-orama), but this has been sadly marred by the erection of the Hotel-Restaurant Belvedere (R. 7-8, B. 2, dej. 4, D. 6 fr.). The spectatoris surrounded by snow-peaks and glaciers. The Mischabelhbrner[Taschhorn, 14,708; Dom, 14,942), huge spurs of the Monte Rosaextending to the N., between the twin-valleys of Zermatt and Saas,as well as the mountains opposite them(Dent Blaruhe, 14,318; Ober-Gabelhorn, 13,365; Zinal-Rothorn, 13,855; Weisshorn. 14,804),. Zwillinfce (Jumeaux)Castor Pollux Sehwanthor 4330 4094 3741 Ki. Matterhorn TheodulpaE (Petit Mont Cervtn) am Matte rhomGrand MontCervint Tete Blanche 4482 37S0 FjHTOHAMA. took (3i36 Gorges du Trift. ZERMATT. Map, — 381 contest the palm with- the giants of the central chain themselves. OfMonte Rosa itself, the highest peak (15,217) and two others aie alonevisible, and the mountain looks less imposing than from the Italianside. The most striking object in the panorama, and the lion ofZermatt, is the Matterhorn (14,780; p. 385). Around the base ofthe Riffelberg, from E. to W., winds the huge *Oorner Glacier, whichis joined in its course by six other glaciers; from its base issues theVisp (Matter-Visp). The views from the Bohtdli-Grat (10,790), the E. prolongation of theGorner Grat, 1 hr. more (laborious, for climbers only; guide advisable),and from th
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