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Encyclopedia Britannica



GEMMI PASS

This article appears in Volume V11, Page 573 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GAG-GEO
GEMMI PASS , a pass (7641 ft.) leading from Frutigen in the Swiss
canton
  of Bern to Leukerbad in the Swiss
canton
  of the
Valais
 . It is much frequented by travellers in summer. From Kandersteg (72 M. by road above Frutigen, which is 12 M. by rail horn Spiez on the Berne-Interlaken line) a mule path leads to the summit of the pass, passing over the Spitalmatte plain, where in 1782 and again in 1895 a
great
 
avalanche
  fell from the Altels (11,930 ft.) to the S.E., causing on both occasions
great
  loss of life and property. The mule path descends on the
south
  side of the pass by an extraordinary
series
  of zigzags, made accessible for mules (though no rider is now allowed to descend on mule-back) by a band of Tirolese workmen in 1740-1741. They are cut in a very steep
wall
  of
rock
 , about 1800 ft. in height, and lead down to the
village
  of Leukerbad, which is 91 M. by carriage road past Leuk above the Susten station in the Rhone valley and on the Simplon line. (W. A. B. C.)


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