Aiguilles are thus the forms remaining from the splitting up of the high ridges with houseroof structure into detached pinnacles.
On the other side of the vale rise the steeps of the Aiguilles Rouges and the Brevent.
It had come down from the red gorges of the Aiguilles Rouges, at a spot where the vale, or pass, was comparatively wide.
More than one of those aiguilles towering upon his left hand, into the sky, had been first conquered by Michel Revailloud.
Aiguilles were well seen, and as by this time it was evident that the authors of the Sardinian official map had romanced as extensively in this neighborhood as elsewhere, it was necessary to hold a council.
In the morning we found that the Vallon des Aiguilles d'Arve led away nearly due west from the valley of Valloires and that the village of Bonnenuit was placed (in the latter valley) almost exactly opposite to the junction of the two.
By nightfall we arrived at the entrance to this little valley (Vallon des Aiguilles d'Arve), and found some buildings placed just where they were wanted.
We stayed a while near these chalets to examine the western sides of the Aiguilles d'Arve, and, according to our united opinion, the central one was as inaccessible from this direction as from the east, north or south.
All three of the Aiguilles may be accessible, but they look as inaccessible as anything I have seen.
The rocks are wondrously firm and big, and peculiarly unlike those on other mountains, even on many of the aiguilles about Chamouni.
It had occurred to certain bold minds that the aiguilles around Chamouni might not be quite as bad as they looked.
One day the rock aiguilles were powdered over and white-speckled with snow.
I walk up every day to the base of the aiguilles without the slightest sense of fatigue; work there all day hammering and sketching; and down in the evening.
Aiguilles and glaciers, drawn as he drew them, and the figure-subjects of severe Italian draughtsmen, are beautiful by the same laws of composition, however different the associations they suggest.
I cannot say that on the whole the aiguilles have treated me well.
A continuation of the ridge out of which these three aiguillesrose joined the Aiguilles d'Arve.
Since this chapter was first printed, the whole of the Aiguilles d'Arve have been ascended, and also the highest point of the Meije.
All three of the Aiguilles may be accessible, but they look as inaccessible as anything I have seen.
The head of the Ravine de la Sausse was therefore encircled by six peaks; three of which it was convenient to term the Aiguilles de la Sausse, and the others were the Aiguilles d'Arve.
Such, for example, are theAiguilles du Geant, du Dru, and de Bionnassay.
Aiguilles were well seen, and as, by this time, it was evident that the authors of the Sardinian official map had romanced as extensively in this neighbourhood as elsewhere, it was necessary to hold a council.
The Aiguilles d'Arves stood out exceedingly well, and, although 2000 feet lower than our position, looked amazingly high.
When we had come down for about an hour, we saw an occasional flash of lightning playing about the Aiguilles Rouges d'Arolla.
It was broad day-light when we reached the top of the incline, and the sun's welcome rays were beginning to brighten up the aiguilles and peaks on our left.
Soon afterwards the summits of the Aiguilles Rouges were illuminated, and day declared itself openly among the mountains.
No trace of condensation appeared till towards eleven o'clock, when a little black balloon of cloud swung itself over the Aiguilles Rouges.
Through the air above us, like gnomons of a vast sundial, the Aiguilles cast their fanlike shadows, which moved round as the day advanced.
Looking upwards, the Aiguilles de Charmoz and du Dru rose right and left like sentinels of the valley, while in front of us the ice descended the steep, a bewildering mass of crags and chasms.
A well-known group, typical of theAiguilles of the Mont Blanc chain.
It is one of a class, the aiguilles of Chamonix, but it possesses a marked individuality of aspect and it transcends all its neighbours and rivals.
In the summer he is to be looked for among the Chamonix Aiguillesor in the Dolomites, or, if at other centres, then on the more difficult rock routes.
The aiguilles had been drawn before this time, and the figure on the left in Plate +32+ will show how.
The summits of the aiguilles are often more fantastically rent still.
It mattered not at what hour of the day the aiguilles were examined, at that hour they had a system of structure belonging to the moment.
They occur, here and there, in the aiguilles themselves.
The curved fractures of the aiguilles (seen first under the letter b, and seeming to push outwards against the gneiss beds[73]) continuing through c and the spur below.
Of the aqueous curvatures of this crest, we shall have more to say presently; meantime let us especially observe how the providential laws of beauty, acting with reversed data, arrive at similar results in the aiguilles and crests.
But what struck me as still more strange was, that from this point I could distinctly see traces of the same straight structure running through the Petit Charmoz, and the roots of the aiguilles themselves, as in Fig.
Chamouni, b the range of aiguilles of Chamouni, c the range of the Geant, d the valley of Cormayeur.
Mont Blanc overtops it, and, to the left of its gleaming dome, the Aiguilles du Midi pierce the sky.
The peak of Ben Muich Dhui shot forth from the snow as like the Aiguilles of Mont Blanc, as one needle is like another.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "aiguilles" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
