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GEMMI PASS

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 573 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GEMMI PASS , a pass (7641 ft.) leading from Frutigen in the Swiss See also:

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

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