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Castor

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Distance
9.85 mi
Elevation gain
5,016 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
5,016 ft
Max elevation
13,854 ft
TrailRank 
81 5
Min elevation
8,934 ft
Trail type
Loop
Time
one day 2 hours 42 minutes
Coordinates
3069
Uploaded
December 29, 2018
Recorded
August 2018
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near Staffal, Valle d’Aosta (Italia)

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Itinerary description

The easy way to ascent Castor is by Refugio Quinto Sella. We park the car in Staffal and we make the first meters with a cable car until Colle Betta. Once there, the path until the refuge is well indicated and also the last part (the difficult one) is protected with a cable and in some points stairs.
We spend the night there and the day after we make the ascent to Castor. During the path, as the last part is a really nice ridge you are passing by some other secondary tops. If the day is clear, you can have some amazing views of all the Zermatt valley.
To return, we did the same route as to ascent.

Waypoints

PictographWaypoint Altitude 11,440 ft

Arista

PictographRisk Altitude 13,583 ft

Arista este

PictographSummit Altitude 13,882 ft
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Castor

PictographMountain pass Altitude 8,865 ft
Photo ofCol Bettaforca Photo ofCol Bettaforca Photo ofCol Bettaforca

Col Bettaforca

Depart point

PictographSummit Altitude 13,694 ft
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FELIKHORN

FELIKHORN

PictographMountain pass Altitude 13,343 ft

Felikjoch

PictographSummit Altitude 13,409 ft

PUNTA FELIK

PUNTA FELIK

PictographMountain hut Altitude 11,808 ft

Ref Quintino Sella

Comments  (2)

  • Photo of marta.ferrer
    marta.ferrer Dec 29, 2018

    I have followed this trail  View more

    Molt recomanable!!

  • Photo of Joserna
    Joserna Aug 12, 2022

    I have followed this trail  verified  View more

    Muy buena ruta que acabo de hacer con este track

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