To mend the matter, when we came to Pampeluna it continued snowing with so much violence and so long, that the people said winter was come before its time; and the roads, which were difficult before, were now quite impassable; for, in a word, the snow lay in some places too thick for us to travel, and being not hard frozen, as is the case in the northern countries, there was no going without being in danger of being buried alive every step.
Los caminos, que de por sí eran difíciles, se volvieron intransitables. En pocas palabras, la nieve era tan densa en ciertos lugares, que resultaba imposible pasar y, como no se había endurecido, como en los países septentrionales, se corría el riesgo de morir enterrado en vida a cada paso.