It's time again to set out on another adventure. Myself, @aarondiamond13 and @rileysod are headed down to try our luck at the south face of #mercedario in #Argentina. #liveclimbrepeat #liveyours #ski #climb #pain #mustachesonmercedario

A photo posted by Jordan White (@jordancwhite) on Oct 19, 2015 at 7:19pm PDT

Our trip didn’t quite go as planned, but we did get to do some skiing, albeit not on our intended face. The night before we were gearing up to climb the face a storm that was supposed to be rather small, dropped over a half meter of snow on us at 14,000 feet, effectively closing out any opportunity we would have had to climb the face anytime in the next several days. Cutting our losses, we packed up and headed on out to hang out in Mendoza til we flew home. Here are some of the pictures from the trip. Eventually the main trip report should be up on Blackdiamond.com

As I left Aspen it was dumping snow.

This may be the last time over the pass on 4 wheels for me this year. Time to head south to #Argentina #liveskirepeat #liveclimbrepeat #liveyours #ski #snow #mustachesonmercedario @blackdiamond @oakleyskiing

A photo posted by Jordan White (@jordancwhite) on Oct 21, 2015 at 6:37pm PDT

Parks of Mendoza

#Mendoza has some nice parks and some nice #Wine. Not sure what else to do. I'm ready to go to the #mountains. Let's go @rileysod time to go climbing. @aarondiamond13 @blackdiamond @oakleyskiing #liveyours #liveskirepeat #liveclimbrepeat #mustachesonmercedario

A photo posted by Jordan White (@jordancwhite) on Oct 25, 2015 at 12:05pm PDT

Loading up the truck

Loaded up! @aarondiamond13 @rileysod #mustachesonmercedario #liveyours #liveskirepeat #liveclimbrepeat

A photo posted by Jordan White (@jordancwhite) on Oct 27, 2015 at 4:21am PDT

Transportation

#mustachesonmercedario @millet_mountain

A photo posted by Riley Soderquist (@rileysod) on Nov 7, 2015 at 3:17am PST

Like any good #ski #story, this one starts starts in the #desert. || @voilemfg @blackdiamond @jaywsss @rileysod #voilemfg #The_V_Team #liveskirepeat #liveclimbrepeat #forgeyourself #mustachesonmercedario

A photo posted by Aaron Diamond (@aarondiamond13) on Oct 23, 2015 at 2:55pm PDT

First look at the south face of Cerro Mercedario. We would spend the next 9 days acclimating in hopes of getting a chance to ski her. #thinair #mustachesonmercedario @millet_mountain

A photo posted by Riley Soderquist (@rileysod) on Nov 9, 2015 at 6:07am PST

The trip may not have reached our intended goal, but there is nothing like good turns at over 17,000 feet. @rileysod taking it down on an acclimatization day. @aarondiamond13 #liveskirepeat #liveclimbrepeat #liveyours @blackdiamond @oakleyskiing #mustachesonmercedario

A photo posted by Jordan White (@jordancwhite) on Nov 7, 2015 at 7:40am PST

Hiking up a couloir on Pico Polaco. @millet_mountain #mustachesonmercedario

A photo posted by Riley Soderquist (@rileysod) on Nov 8, 2015 at 6:06am PST

@aarondiamond13 "Skiing at altitude is like living out that sexual fantasy you never had the balls to try, you should probably do it with someone you trust, it's probably going to hurt a bit more than you think it is, And at the end, you aren't sure if that was the best thing or worst thing you've ever done." @rileysod skiing just below the 18,000 foot mark on Pico Polaco. #liveyours #liveskirepeat #liveclimbrepeat @blackdiamond @oakleyskiing @honeystinger #mustachesonmercedario

A photo posted by Jordan White (@jordancwhite) on Nov 9, 2015 at 6:22am PST

Skiing just below 18,000 feet on Pico Polacos in the Cerro Ramada range. The storm is a brewing! #liveyours #liveskirepeat #liveclimbrepeat #mustachesonmercedario @rileysod @oakleyskiing @blackdiamond 📷: @aarondiamond13

A photo posted by Jordan White (@jordancwhite) on Nov 10, 2015 at 9:00am PST

What we hoped was a little overnight storm turned out to be 17" of fresh snow. This quickly ended our hopes of climbing/skiing the south face. After probing for some gear we had some adventure skiing back to base camp. Either way it was an amazing trip with a good crew. #mustachesonmercedario

A photo posted by Riley Soderquist (@rileysod) on Nov 10, 2015 at 9:20am PST