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the height of its final snow-cap. We waited long andpatiently for some friendly breeze to lift even a cornerof the white carpet which concealed from us all thatlay at the base of the precipices on the Molveno side.We prayed in vain; the weather changed only for theworse, and we did not care to risk a meeting with thethunder-cloud.

The storm which broke on us during the descentprevented any attempt to vary the morning’s routeuntil we reached Yal Nambino, when we turned off tothe left, and hurried down to rejoin our companions atPinzolo.

Yal Selva, though the shortest, is not the onlytolerably easy means of access from Campiglio to Yaldi Sole. To the left from the Ginevrie Pass a pathbranches off to the Passo delle Malghette, and leads insix hours to Pelizzano ; to the right another track leadsover at the back of Monte Spinale to the Flavona alp—a high pasturage at the head of Val Teresenga, one ofthe few valleys in the Alps six hours in length whichhave escaped the all-seeing eyes of the author of the‘Alpine Guide .’

The Passo di Groste is sometimes ascended by visi-tors to Campiglio as the nearest spot whence it is pos-sible to look eastward over the Trentino . The rocksfall away from the top towards the Flavona Alp in aseries of advancing courses of massive masonry, likethe sides of a Greek theatre. Without local guidance,it is easy for a solitary traveller to get into difficultyamidst the maze of low cliffs.

The upper chalet of the Flavona Alp stands in themiddle of a broad sloping pasturage overlooked by the