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Castor

Elevation
4 225 m · 4000er
Massif
Pennine Alps
Canton
Valais
First ascent
1861
Base town
Zermatt
Lift access
Klein Matterhorn cable car (Matterhorn Glacier Paradise) for glacier approach

Source: en.wikipedia.org

45.9222° N 7.7928° E · ValaisRelief interpolated · not a survey mapOpen the full map

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Patrick Kurmann · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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I can tell you which weeks suit it, which base to stay in and how it fits into a route with the rest of your journey. Tell me when you are coming, and I will build the days around it.

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Tell me when you are coming and I will build the days around it — the right base, the right train, the right table — and say plainly if another season would serve it better.

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