Argentine Pass , Colorado

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tempo

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Today we went to Argentina pass
A lot of rocks and bumps on the way up
Good ground clearance more than welcome
We met lot of lifted modified jeeps on our way to the top , drivers was loking at me like im crazy One of them told me You not gonna make it on "that" I told "that" has 9,7 ground clearance two skid plates good awd system and a lot of faith that subie is real deal...Well....my ego was little but higher than my ground clearance:

Step... i think that step stop me more than my Fozzy...The step much more difficult than its look like on the picture - still trying to find some excuse))))
First step, right after the creek, was ok, but that second one, we did not make it , but i think with good guider and with empty car its doable , i did not have first and cant do second (was rainy) And thats why we did not do our goal - butifull view from very last and very top spot on the trip
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But anyway we got a lot of fun (we did nice piknik in very wild area - none of car or moto during 3 hours
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Piknik site
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Trip has some water
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A lot of empty space between Fozzi and Earth , very helpfull on that trip
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Way back , dissapointed because of that stupid steep ledder
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Small video - nice road from the picnic site back to asphalt
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkvn3vavsko&feature=plcp"]ARGENTINE PASS - YouTube[/ame]
 
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Great report tempo!!!

Too bad you didn't quite make it to the top, but looks like you had a great day anyway.:ebiggrin:

The video is nice, really gives you a good appreciation of the mountains out there.:cool:
 
Gidday Tempo

Nice looking area, mate. Really beautiful place.

Well done.

Knowing when to turn back is every bit as important as knowing when you can go forward, IMNSHO.

AND it is not only the car's capability. Your own capabilities have to be very realistically assessed as well. It can be exceedingly dangerous to over-estimate either ...
 
Nice report and attempt! Way to go!

Ratbag said:
Knowing when to turn back is every bit as important as knowing when you can go forward, IMNSHO.

AND it is not only the car's capability. Your own capabilities have to be very realistically assessed as well. It can be exceedingly dangerous to over-estimate either ...
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I couldn't have said it better myself!
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Ratbag said:
Gidday Tempo
Knowing when to turn back is every bit as important as knowing when you can go forward, IMNSHO.
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Yes you right! I will not risk and will take any chance with my family inside the car
 
Great picts and vids def looks like youre ready for webster pass .mite want to leave the kids behind this go around . i know most of us are
 
Do you think Webster pass are ok fo Lexus 350 and 2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara
So we cant take our boy with us to Webster pass?
 
Looks like an awesome trip, cool photos and thanks for sharing. Have you ever attempted Tin Cup Pass? Id like to give it a go and im doing as much research on it as possible. I have a stock 2005 Baja 8.4 of clearance. Any thoughts or advice?
 
tempo said:
Do you think Webster pass are ok fo Lexus 350 and 2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara
So we cant take our boy with us to Webster pass?
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Yes i do i saw a lexus up there last time .i did it with 6 inches of clearence last year . just take youre time and pick a good path and you.will do just fine
 
Nonstop said:
Looks like an awesome trip, cool photos and thanks for sharing. Have you ever attempted Tin Cup Pass? Id like to give it a go and im doing as much research on it as possible. I have a stock 2005 Baja 8.4 of clearance. Any thoughts or advice?
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I do not know about Tin Cup
I did about 5-6 trips (one in Utah) All trip info i took from traildamage.com and just rearrange the original trip for my personal preferences
If you want i can send you link to my albums and you will choose what trip you like and i will give you some tips about trip
But im here in colorado only 2 years so i still Mountains things to do )))
 
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ericstell said:
Yes i do i saw a lexus up there last time .i did it with 6 inches of clearence last year . just take youre time and pick a good path and you.will do just fine
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Thank you! I saw some pics one google about that pass - some loking scary )))
 
tempo said:
Thank you! I saw some pics one google about that pass - some loking scary )))
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Yeah sum parts are bad . but from the looks of things . youre subi has plenty of clearence . .i do believe you will be just fine . lots of people say its bad . but this will be me and my brothers third trip . and id be more than happy to spot you . ill bring two way radios also . if you start in the montesuzma side its even easyer . id say that would prob be best for you to make it up to camp . there will be a huge grass field we all will camp.im with a creek and a old mining shed .
 
tempo said:
Thank you! I saw some pics one google about that pass - some loking scary )))
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And from what i know argenten is just as hard as webster if not harder . the monteszuma sid should be easyer than what u did .
 
ericstell said:
And from what i know argenten is just as hard as webster if not harder . the monteszuma sid should be easyer than what u did .
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Check out my beautiful colorado album . most of the picts are of webster . the colorful ones are the montazuma side of the pass
 
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