Italian Alps : sketches in the mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, the Trentino, and Venetia
Pagina 302 di 425
Autore:
Freshfield, Douglas William / by Douglas W. Freshfield
Luogo:
London
Editore:
Logmans
Descrizione fisica:
XVI, 385 S. : Ill., Kt.
Lingua:
Englisch
Soggetto:
g.Italienische Alpen;f.Reisebericht ; <br>g.Trentino-Südtirol;f.Reisebericht
Segnatura:
II 173.701
ID interno:
206418
of vertical cliffs to carry refresh ment to the upper slopes of Val di Non. The cart-road descends rapidly through a deep and narrow gorge which, after making a sharp angle, opens into the noble expanse of the great valley a mile below Tuenno, and three or four below Cles. The high-road would soon carry us down to the Adige and the railway- station of San Michele. But we have yet to see the Lago di Molveno and the back of the Brenta. At the eastern base of the dolomitic chain, more than 7,000 feet below
its crowning crags, lies a deep trough, bounded on the further side by the crest of Monte Gazza, which, descending in steep cliffs into the valley of the Adige, slopes more gently towards the west. A considerable portion of this depression, the waters of which are turned in opposite directions by a a low bank traversing its centre, is filled by the Lago di Molveno, one of the largest of high Alpine lakes. A strong stream flowing from the Val delle Seghe is its principal feeder, and, strange to say