TR: Argentine Peak Ski (14 April 2016)
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Last spring, Scott and I ventured up Square Top Mountain near Guanella Pass in Colorado. So, it was only appropriate that when I decided to ski Argentine Peak, in the same area as Square Top, that Scott would be my first partner of choice. Luckily, he agreed, and we returned to the Silver Dollar Lake trailhead where we’d skied the year before.
It wasn’t long before we spotted Argentine Peak, and the north face we wanted to ski which drops to the right and behind the ridge in this photo.
The day started out bluebird but quickly turned to grey with clouds from an oncoming front – Welcome to Colorado, the new Pacific Northwest.
Once we reached the summit, we hurried to dash the squall that was headed in our direction. Scott.
Me.
Happy, after a good line done!
After that, we headed up the saddle beside Wilcox where we found some more good skiing. Me.
Scott.
Scott with Square Top behind.
We skied all the way back to the car at the trailhead. All in all, a pretty short yet fun day! I would imagine that Argentine Peak is going to have some good skiing for quite some time this year!
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Was navigating the summer trail to Argentine pretty straight forward? Planning on doing this in the next week and had visions of getting lost on the first part of the summer trail. Also what is your preference. Boot up the north chutes of Squaretop or drop in from the top?
John – Yes, navigating the summer trail is very straight forward. And as to your second question, I didn’t ski the north chutes on Square Top. I skied the east cirque. I think either one would be fun, and both can probably be skied from the top or close to the top with the recent spring snows!
Thanks Brittany. I very much enjoy reading your blog so keep it up.
Thanks for reading John! And let us know how your skis go for Argentine and Square Top!
HI Brittany. Our plan is to do Argentine tomorrow and i was curious about the mileage and length of time it took you to get to Argentine. Many thanks. – John
John – I don’t know the mileage off-hand John, but it took us about 5 hours at a fairly leisurely pace 🙂
Thanks for all your help Brittany. Finally Skied/Boarded Argentine and it was a absolute perfect day. Great corn 🙂
So glad you had a great time John!