Italian Alps : sketches in the mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, the Trentino, and Venetia
of these side glens and byways the reader is referred to Tscbudi's ' Schweizerführer,' vol. iii. ' Ostschweiz,' a very handy work. It is only possible here to indicate a few routes and excursions. Car riage travellers must in each valley return the way they came ; except that, from Clusone, they may turn eastwards to the Lago d'Iseo. 1. (Described in the text as far as Monte Gleno). Monte Grigna, Introbbio, Val Torta, Branzi, Passo di Gornigo, Bondione, Monte Gleno, descend to Schilpario in Val
di Scalve, cross one of the pisses to Val Camonica, or drive back to Clusone (5 days). 2. From Lecco through Val Imagna to Almenno and Val Brembana, from Zogno by Oltre il Colle to Ponte di Nossa and Clusone, ascend Presolana, and descend through the lower Val di Scalve to Val Camonica (3 days). 3. From Sondrio ascend Corno Stella (8,595 ft.) by a path recently made by the Italian Alpine Club ; descend to Branzi ; cross Passo di Gornigo, or by the sources of the Brembo to Fiu- menero ; ascend Monte