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Hi Guys, I hope you remember me. I recieved a warm welcome the first time I wrote here. This time I promised I´d show you some Argentine trails in a near future, so I am here again trying to show you, with some picks, videos and a couple of comments, a classic Argentine trail.
It´s called The Cerro Áspero, and is located in the center of the country, in the heart of the Comechingones Sierras. The Comechingones sierra, runs from North to South, and divides The Córdoba and San Luis provinces, becoming lower and lower to the south, turning into the flat and wide region known as La Pampa, (Buenos Aires, Santa Fé, South of Córdoba and San Luis provinces together).
This time 4 vehicles took part of the journey, Two Gladiators: A 70 one with its 230 Tornado a ZF 4 speed manual and Np205 , a 4.0 Cherokee sport and an Ika jeep with a 221 l6 Ford and original drivetrain.
We´re all from Buenos Aires.
We left from Buenos Aires on Thursday mornig to cover the about 500 miles to San Luis, there we spent the first night:
Next day we headed to our friend´s home to pick up him
Then we began to climb the first part of the snail-tipe paved road:
Then we reached "El Mirador", the road was closed because of ice, but after some prayers, the dudes of national roads let us pass.
Here a view from "El mirador", really you won´t see too much because of clouds, in a clear day, you can see the Merlo Village from the 5000 ft height.
As you´ll see, the water of the road began, slowly, to turn into ice and the rain into a light snowfall.
The Mother and her Daughter:
Here, a brake to take some photos, yet in the easy part:
some more in video:
From here, we descended from 7300 ft to 5300, then up to 6000 ft again, and the last descent to 5000 ft to the nowadays non operative tungsten mine "Pueblo Escondido". This mine operated during the world war II and the trail we use today is what used to be a minig road.
Here a creek and a pine forest
We´re closer
Crossing axles
Inside the forest:
And trailing across it:
Here out of the forest and beginning the last ascent:
The conditions made us go slower than we expected and the night surprised us in the trail:
Here in Pueblo Escondido mine, ready for dinner
The next morning:
The Breakfast:
The old hand operated mine fuel supplier:
Ready to go back, the bridge dont exist from some years ago.
Crossing the river:
The worst climb (Both Gladiators were resting comfy in the top from some moments ago
they were always who leaded the group)
Small waterfall:
The forest the day after the snowfall:
Parking for lunch:
We´re in the easy road again. Congratulations folks!!!!!!!!!
And like always happens, the good don´t lasts too long, so, we must go back home, and the worst go back to work...
But with a very nice sunny day:
And that´s all folks...
I hope you like it. Salutations from the South Hemisphere
It´s called The Cerro Áspero, and is located in the center of the country, in the heart of the Comechingones Sierras. The Comechingones sierra, runs from North to South, and divides The Córdoba and San Luis provinces, becoming lower and lower to the south, turning into the flat and wide region known as La Pampa, (Buenos Aires, Santa Fé, South of Córdoba and San Luis provinces together).
This time 4 vehicles took part of the journey, Two Gladiators: A 70 one with its 230 Tornado a ZF 4 speed manual and Np205 , a 4.0 Cherokee sport and an Ika jeep with a 221 l6 Ford and original drivetrain.
We´re all from Buenos Aires.
We left from Buenos Aires on Thursday mornig to cover the about 500 miles to San Luis, there we spent the first night:
Next day we headed to our friend´s home to pick up him
Then we began to climb the first part of the snail-tipe paved road:
Then we reached "El Mirador", the road was closed because of ice, but after some prayers, the dudes of national roads let us pass.
Here a view from "El mirador", really you won´t see too much because of clouds, in a clear day, you can see the Merlo Village from the 5000 ft height.
As you´ll see, the water of the road began, slowly, to turn into ice and the rain into a light snowfall.
The Mother and her Daughter:
Here, a brake to take some photos, yet in the easy part:
some more in video:
From here, we descended from 7300 ft to 5300, then up to 6000 ft again, and the last descent to 5000 ft to the nowadays non operative tungsten mine "Pueblo Escondido". This mine operated during the world war II and the trail we use today is what used to be a minig road.
Here a creek and a pine forest
We´re closer
Crossing axles
Inside the forest:
And trailing across it:
Here out of the forest and beginning the last ascent:
The conditions made us go slower than we expected and the night surprised us in the trail:
Here in Pueblo Escondido mine, ready for dinner
The next morning:
The Breakfast:
The old hand operated mine fuel supplier:
Ready to go back, the bridge dont exist from some years ago.
Crossing the river:
The worst climb (Both Gladiators were resting comfy in the top from some moments ago
they were always who leaded the group)
Small waterfall:
The forest the day after the snowfall:
Parking for lunch:
We´re in the easy road again. Congratulations folks!!!!!!!!!
And like always happens, the good don´t lasts too long, so, we must go back home, and the worst go back to work...
But with a very nice sunny day:
And that´s all folks...
I hope you like it. Salutations from the South Hemisphere
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