After a fun morning finding an abandoned tractor high above Snow Canyon, we tucked ourselves into the Tacoma and set off for what I knew would be a much harder hike. As the crow flies, our jumping off point in was less than a mile from where we'd found the tractor, but constrained to the unmaintained road system that reaches into the Argus Range, we had upwards of 15 miles to reach the trailhead in a way that didn't entail jumping off a cliff. Our departing view from Snow Canyon was pretty nice. As we entered Canyon, Lookout Mountain towered…
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There are a lot of weird things in the desert. Thankful for a few minutes of rest after summiting Argus Peak, we settled into our comfy scheel-mann seats and pointed the Tacoma toward the Nadeau Trail. The Nadeau Trail is named after freighter Remi Nadeau, one of the many unsung heroes of the Death Valley days. Although seldom acknowledged, freighters played a vital role in the development of remote mining communities by providing economical transportation to haul out their ore and bring supplies on their way back. Nadeau moved west in 1860, and over the next 20 years, forged a…
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Ever since Retracing Panamint Valley's Nadeau Trail, I've wanted to get back into the Argus Range to explore deeper into the canyons and higher along the ridgelines. As always, it seems that my list of things to do around Death Valley National Park grows at a rate significantly faster than I can cross things off, and so for half a decade, other trips have taken priority. It was my newfound desire - to climb the (accessible) high points of the 15 or so highest mountain ranges around my favorite National Park - that finally bumped this trip to the top…
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