Pollux

From the Klein Matterhorn cable car station (Bergbahnen Zermatt) over a glacier heading east. Significant crevasse danger. Entry to Pollux is at the southwest of the southward-running rock ridge. Rock climbing – partly brittle – on the II. ridge. One section at difficulty grade IV is equipped with steel chains and therefore easier to overcome. At the end of the rock climbing, there is a abseiling point. The summit is then reached via a firn and ice ridge (100 meters elevation). (The ascent route is the same as the descent route of Pollux. Once on the glacier, you can return to the cable car station or head south over the crevasse-rich glacier to the Rifugio Guide della Val d’Ayas. It is also possible to reach the Rifugio Quintino Sella via Castor). The data of the route relates only to the ascent without descent and other routes.