wildrose wrote:Even I hiked to the top of Argus Peak. It may have been many years ago, but I remember it well. Lovely pinyons at the top. Lots of flowers were blooming along the way. It was quite a hike! One of the most wonderful peaks in the desert.
I've been wanting to hike up that way again for a long time. I remember posting about it on one of the very first Trona forums. I remember someone had told me to start a little above Ruth mine. I had instead went to far up and climbed up a very cliffy ridge and down it's back side. There were a couple of nice springs. We had discussed one of them had been fenced off for deer. I climbed down that ridge and went back out of the canyon a little to climb a slightly higher one that as far as I know offered an excellent view of argus peak. It looked like an over grown trail led most of the way if not all the way to the top. I had discussed climbing up it's face directly which I think I had done partially one time, on the old forum which was pretty treacherous climbing; but the trail looked pretty easy for anyone in good enough shape to go the distance. I think the safest place to park would be at Ruth Mine. You can drive up a little closer but I wouldn't leave my car there. If you had a quad it looked like you could go up a lot closer to the overgrown trail.
From Ruth Mine you hike up the road a little further. When you get to the fork, stay to the left and go over the easiest part of the ridge. If you walk up that canyon you will see what looks like an over grown path leading towards the top. I'm not sure how it looks from the ground but the way up was pretty clear from the mountain I had climbed up going back out the canyon a little bit to get a better view of the trail. It looked like no one had walked up it for a very long time.