Castor (21.07.2003)

Written by hmsv1 (Hannah Vickers)

Start point Klein Matterhorn station
Characteristic Alpine trip
Map
Ascents Castor (4,223m) 21.07.2003
Klein Matterhorn (3,883m) 21.07.2003

Some very old pictures from a trip with the late guide Brede Arkless and Frances. Took the cable car up to the Klein Matterhorn station from Zermatt and went up Castor. Finished at the Quintino Sella hut. Not many memories of that hut, only that the coffee was awful (it tasted terrible at 3am anyway, maybe would have appreciated it more later in the day) and the hut breakfasts were not much better either.

Not absolutely sure, but I think this picture is from somewhere on the way from the Klein Matterhorn station to Castor
Not absolutely sure, but I think this picture is from somewhere on the way from the Klein Matterhorn station to Castor
Taken from somewhere up Castor, Pollux is (I think) the closest peak in the middle of the photo
Taken from somewhere up Castor, Pollux is (I think) the closest peak in the middle of the photo
Our guide Brede checks out the route
Our guide Brede checks out the route
Frances and me (with an unintentionally lopsided helmet)
Frances and me (with an unintentionally lopsided helmet)

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