Report from September 16, 2025

Note: Cerro Creston is on private property and you must get permission from the refugio owners to pass through

If you’re looking for a guide for this zone, please contact Patagonia Ascent

After our trip up Cerro Solo, Greggy and I came down with a stomach bug that sidelined us for 3 days.

Then a 4-day storm rolled in and pinned us down for another 4 days.

Probably for the best, as we needed all the recovery time we could get.

It finally went blue on September 16 and we got out early.

After one hour, we hit snow, and it was clear that it had rained up pretty high.

We weren’t stoked, but we pressed on.

As we ascended, the snow did start to improve.

We took it to the top and the snow never got good, but it got better.

There was definitely 2 feet of new snow in spots and it was all wind-hammered.

Greggy dropped first into a dreamworld where every piece of snow had its own shadow.

Steely, gorgeous landscape.

He didn’t like it.

I dropped second, and I ate it up.

My Meier “Leeper” 185cms ripped right through the weird, hooky snow.

More speed = more bettah.

I was pretty stoked at the bottom and Greggy was over it.

We called it a day and survival skied down the horrendous, rained-on snow back to our shoes.

We jaunted happily down to the car and headed home.

This was our shortest day of the trip.

Only 7 hours of hiking and a mere 3 hours of driving, ha!

¡Gracias, Patagonia!

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