Argentine Pass: July 21st, 2013

[Max]

LONG day. Started at 8am in Boulder. Left the trail at 8pm. Got home at 10pm.

Started up the trail, a ways up it got flat so I shifted into 4-Hi. Saw a rocky section, tried to shift into 4-Lo and nothing happened. Drove back down in 4-Hi to fix it. Futzed around trying to figure it out for a few hours. Finally asked another JK coming back down if he knew what was going on. He did, helped me fix it, and I learned he's a former FR4x4 member named Neil. Thanks Neil!! His account was deactivated due to the login rules. :(

Now it's 4pm and we're still/back at the trailhead. Decide to give it another go. Wind out way up the mountain, stopping for some pictures. We get a little lost and end up at a dead end trail, with an amazing view (see 1st set of overlook pictures). Find out way back to the main trail, and end up at the top of something... It's high up with a nice view, but not Argentine Pass as I remember it.

LOC: 39.6509062 -105.7774556
It looks like we ended up at McCellan Mountain!

Headed back down, and aired back up at a gas station in town since it was dark by then. Helped a younger couple change a flat tire on their Grand Cherokee while airing back up.

Full album here: http://imgur.com/a/cmars

1: Posing at the trailhead
2. Columbine
3. Chimney on a side trail
4. Chimney
5. Dense trees

[Max]

The first 3 pictures are at the dead end spur, and the last two are at the top of McCellan.

[ExplorerTom]

Awesome trip! Even with the mechanical issue.

I've got a trip in mind that involves Argentine Pass, McCellan Mtn and one other trail (I forget which).