GLOSSARY.


AlpA summer pasture.
ArêteThe crest of a ridge. Sometimes spoken of as a knife-edge, if very narrow.
BergschrundA crevasse forming between the snow still clinging to the face of a peak, and that which has broken away from it.
ColA pass between two peaks.
CouloirA gully filled with snow or stones.
GratThe same as arête.
JochThe same as col.
KammThe same as arête.
MoraineSee chapter on glaciers, [page 7].
MoulinSee chapter on glaciers, [page 7].
NévéSee chapter on glaciers, [page 7].
PitzAn Engadine name for a peak.
SchrundA crevasse.
SéracA cube of ice, formed by intersecting crevasses where a glacier is very steep. Called thus after a sort of Chamonix cheese, which it is said to resemble.

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Albula Pass, [20]

Aletsch glacier, [12], [142]

Almer, Christian, [29], [50], [51], [71], [126], [134]

Almer, Ulrich, [42]

Altels, Ice-avalanche of the, [78]