Grimsel Pass

[ grim-zuhl ]

noun

1. an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7,159 feet (2,184 meters) high.

Example Sentences

On the 28th of July we crossed the Grimsel pass, and traced the scratchings to the very top of it.

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This disposition of the fissures is beautifully seen from the summit of the Mayenwand on the Grimsel Pass.

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The morning of the 24th was clear and calm: we rose with the sun, refreshed and strong, and crossed the Grimsel pass at an early hour.

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In those days, and for many years later, there was only a mule-path over the adjacent Grimsel Pass, but now there is a carriage road leading out of the Rhone glacier's basin northwards to Meiringen, whilst the old-established Furka road, at the other side of the amphitheatre, leads eastward to Andermatt, the St. Gothard, and the Lake of Lucerne.

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The top of the Grimsel Pass, which is a little over 7,000 feet above sea-level, is the most desolate and bare of all such mountain passes.

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