¬A¬ Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites : [untrodden peaks and unfrequented valleys]
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Autor:
Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford / by Amelia B. Edwards
Ort:
London
Verlag:
Routledge
Umfang:
XXIV, 389 S. : Ill., Kt.. - 2. ed.
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort:
g.Dolomiten ; f.Reisebericht 1872
Signatur:
II 98.318
Intern-ID:
171127
peer up here and there above the harren hills to the left; and straight ahead, far beyond Moena, rises the Monte Boé, looking like an immense fort on a grand pedestal of rock, its battlements lost in the clouds. This Monte Boé, the southernmost bastion of thè huge Sella Massif, is also known as the Monte Pordoi. It has been ascended by Dr. Grohmann, who calculates its height at 10,341 feet. Passing through Moena—a large, straggling, wood- cutting village—and erossing a couple of bridges
, we leave thè high road and strike up a steep mule-path on the opposite bank of the torrent. It is the same valley, and the same water ; but here above Moena, it is called thè Fassa Thal. Looking back from this higher ground, we get a fine view over the Monte Latemar (8,983 feet) and its far-reaching fir-forests ; while the wild peaks of the Rosengarten and Lang Kofel carne into sight above the lower slopes of Costa lunga. And now, in rieh contrast to the pallid Dolomites soaring high in the distance