Monte Rosa group > Castor > Climber's Log
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| Nikolas_A | Normal Route from Rif. Ayas  Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2011 | |
| Ski ascent in a group of 6, perfect conditions. The final ridge was interesting! Descend to Rif. Quintino Sella | |
| Posted Apr 14, 2012 7:08 pm | ||
| IvanBraunDK | Castor with Liskamm traverse Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2011 | |
| Climbed it from the Ayas hut on a windy but clear day - after summit did we traverse to Lisskamm West | |
| Posted Jan 15, 2012 5:03 pm | ||
| Valtho | traverse Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2011 | |
| Climbed it from the Ayas hut, after Pollux on a beautifull day and we went to the Quintino Sella | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2011 4:05 pm | ||
| climbxclimb | Italian normal route Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2011 | |
| Climbed the italian normal route form Rifugio Quintino Sella. We met very high winds on the ridge winch made many teams turn back. Visibility was low at moments. Overall a very nice easy climb with beautiful views...when the clouds allow.. | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2011 1:06 pm | ||
| il.rocciatore | Route Climbed: Traverse Date Climbed: august 2011 | |
| After traverse of the Pollux, we continued from the Zwillingsjoch over the NW Ridge. Fairly steep in places, no track, but in good snow conditions definitely better climbing than the highway of the normal route. Descent to the Felikjoch and then again over the Castor back to the bivouac Rossi e Volante. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2011 11:38 am | ||
| cabouckaert1 | Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2011 | |
| Clmibed it after Pollux with group of 8. Non-technical climb to the top, only bergschrund to cross near the ridge and then summit ridge. Final climb on the summit ridge and then descent via the other side is good fun though! Amazing weather and views as well! | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2011 5:27 am | ||
| selinunte01 | Arctic conditions Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2011 | |
| Fresh powder snow and arctic temperature like in january, but unbeatable view over the whole of Pennine Alps and down to Pianura Padana and to the Appennine. Good conditions on the south side / ascent from Rif. Guide della Val d´Ayas. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2011 12:47 pm | ||
| LoneRanger | From Testa Grigia Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2011 | |
| with WouterB. The climb was very enjoyable but too windy/cold to allow any proper eating break. It was a long day for me to go back to Testa Grigia, pick up my boy, and then hike back to Klein Matterhorn to return home (in all, this was almost 700m additional elevation gain over the standard route from Klein Matterhorn!). Not a bad day, even without Pollux! | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2011 6:03 am | ||
| WouterB | From Testa Grigia Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2011 | |
| Climbed from Testa Grigia, leaving very early (2am) in very windy weather. Made almost no stops due to the cold and summited shortly after 6am. Wanted to 'quickly' do Pollux afterwards, but my climbing partner decided otherwise. | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2011 3:11 pm | ||
| domipost | Italian normal route Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2010 | |
| Nice and pretty easy snow ridge. Not too crowded for an easy 4000 meter peak. | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2011 6:32 am | ||
| Kyle22 | Castor Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2010 | |
| Brother, Dad and I climbed Castor to acclimatize for both the Dom and Mont Blanc. Great fun, not so much for my brother who got sick from drinking to much chicken broth the night before but he still managed to summit with us. | |
| Posted Feb 13, 2011 12:53 am | ||
| Zermattfan | Normal from Kl. Matterhorn | |
| 1992 : not my best climb... I stumbled over halfway the ice slope and fell...the guide had to stop me...So we made it to the top but I was too tired and disturbed to continue the planned climb from Pollux. We went just back to Zermatt... | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2010 6:48 am | ||
| JanVanGenk | Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2010 | |
| Solo ascent from Rossi and Volante bivouac hut. Continued to Liskamm, and thus had to do the Castor traverse again by return. Good conditions though it had been snowing all day long the day before. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2010 1:29 pm | ||
| Goof | Castor Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2009 | |
| Great views, not too much of a queue. A Swiss guide even smiled at us!!! | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2010 6:26 am | ||
| schulzj | Castor Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2005 | |
| Unfortunately, the weather had deteriorated later that day and from the summit we had no views. Nevertheless, it was the end of day 1 on our 3 day traverse over to Nordend. | |
| Posted Oct 18, 2009 1:05 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | From Klein Matterhorn station Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2009 | |
| Summitted in two hours from Klein Matterhorn station. Mostly easy glacier travel. Snow climb to the summit was easy. The gaping, icy bergschrund we had to climb over was the most serious hole I've ever had to negotiate. The short knife-edge ridge to the summit was exhilarating. This peak surprised me - I thought it was a beautiful climb. A nice introduction to snow routes in in Alps. Afterwards we continued over both summits of Lyskamm and descended the Grenz Glacier to catch the Gornergrat back down to Zermatt. An exhausting but incredible day! | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2009 10:56 am | ||
| secander | Normal Route from Klein Matterhorn Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009 | |
| Took first lift up to Klein Matterhorn. An easy trek across the glacier and an easy climb to the summit. Snow conditions and weather were good for the ascent, but the return trip was difficult since we bagged Pollux and did not begin our return across the glacier until far too late. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2009 6:20 am | ||
| hernberg | Easy LJ Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2004 | |
| Walked from Klein Matterhorn station | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2009 4:04 pm | ||
| boriskrielen | Castor normal route 2x Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008 | |
| Climbed it with Frank Haagsma september 2005. Climbed it solo July 2008. | |
| Posted Feb 13, 2009 8:20 am | ||
| oconnellr | Route: WNW Flank Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2008 | |
| Left Guide d'Ayaas Hut in the morning, summitted via the WNW flank and descended the SE ridge, continuing on to Liskamm West. Great day out. | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2008 10:11 pm | ||
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