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| 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 | ||
| timvanpoecke | WNW Flank Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2008 | |
| gusts of snow, very dense fog, the path had melted during an unusually warm night... Not a very nice view at the top either I guess I'll have to take another trip te Monte Rosa! | ||
| Posted Oct 13, 2008 2:48 pm | ||
| Bart | Castor & Pollux Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2008 | |
| Easy but nice summit ridge. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2008 11:16 am | ||
| damgaard | Normal route Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2008 | |
| Kl. Matterhorn -> Castor -> Pollux -> Kl. Matterhorn. Took the first cablecar up. Good conditions with a hard snow crust. Reached the top of Castor in 3 hours, a pretty easy ascend. Mostly cloudy but we got a few great views. Climbed Pollux on the way back. Speed is important if you want to catch the last cablecar. Another nice day in the mtns. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2008 1:34 am | ||
| hhsilleck | Again! Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2008 | |
| We came back to climb Castor again - a beautiful peak! Very high winds and blowing powder snow in the morning, miserably high temperatures in the afternoon, but a great outing regardless! With my wife Sonya. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2008 12:22 pm | ||
| bc44caesar | Traverse E-W Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2008 | |
| Started from Q. Sella Hut, then Felikjoch, then up the East Ridge. Passed numerous guided groups on the descent and then headed up to do Pollux. Easy but aesthetic. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2008 5:11 am | ||
| icypeak | Normal Route from Rif. Guide Val d'Ayas Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2008 | |
| Left the hut at 5am and reached the beautiful summit around 8am. Not a bad spot to have breakfast. Then, made the long, long trek back to the Klein Matterhorn. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2008 5:43 pm | ||
| bergauf | Skiascent Normal Route Date Climbed: Mar 29, 2007 | |
| Klein Matterhorn - Schwarztor - Castor - Schwarztor - Zermatt. Great day, but hard work in the steep NNW face due to fresh snow. More images from this ascent. | |
| Posted Mar 16, 2008 8:59 am | ||
| Modi | Normal Route Date Climbed: Aug 23, 1992 | |
| A good route for training. Climbed several more times. | |
| Posted Mar 2, 2008 7:04 am | ||
| jasonconnell | Standard route | |
| Climbed on day 2 of the Frontier traverse starting from the Klein Matterhorn. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1168/1123861876_96885a4432_b.jpg | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2007 10:04 pm | ||
| Cyrill | Castor 4223m Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2003 | |
| Beautiful Tour to Castor 4223m. my picture are here: Link to Castor 4223m | |
| Posted Nov 9, 2007 3:07 am | ||
| albertofanga | Normal route to Castor from refuge Sella Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2007 | |
| Great ascent in a fantastic sunny day with a lot of wind. The quality of the snow was excellent. To the summit in 2 hours and 10 minutes. | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2007 12:21 pm | ||
| Bor | Route climbed: From Quintino Sella hut Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2007 | |
| Route from Quintino Sella hut. We have nice weather and we have enjoyed in amazing view. | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2007 1:21 pm | ||
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