Mountain Pollux (4 091 m / 13 422 ft)

A short, technical climb leading to a great viewpoint. Easy to combine with climbs to some other mountains in the area - to traverse the mountain from one hut to the other, or combine it with the ascent of other nearby summits such as the Breithorn or Castor.

It is the lower of a pair of twin peaks (the other is Castor), named after the twins of Roman mythology. Pollux's peak is separated from Castor by a pass at 3,845 m (12,615 ft), named Passo di Verra in Italian and Zwillingsjoch in German. Access from either the Kleine Matterhorn (Switzerland) lift or the Ayas hut (Italy), a glacier approach leads to the foot of the rocky SW Ridge where the technical difficulties begin. Starting easily at first, the ridge then steepens. A series of walls and chimneys are climbed with the aid of fixed chains that lead to the top of the rock barrier. A short snow ridge then leads to the summit.

Located in the Pennine Alps on the border between Valais, Switzerland and the Aosta Valley in Italy.

By train from Geneva / Zurich in Zermatt, either by car to the parking lot near Zermatt and from this point by taxi-electric car. By car or train from Milano airport to Courmayeur, then to Cervinia.

Castor and Pollux are also a pair of summits in Yellowstone

National Park in Wyoming, USA. Located in the Absaroka Range,

Castor is 3,308 m, 65 m lower than its twin.

 

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Guided Tours

• Mont Blanc Mountain Guide
• Alpine Guides

• General information. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollux_(mountain)
• Technical details. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10036