Trip
Backpack – Buffalo Peaks Wilderness - Rich Creek Trail
Backpacking School (BKPS), Group 6, Overnight Trip 1
Contacts
- Sat, Jun 21, 2025 — Sun, Jun 22, 2025
- Denver
- Backpacking
- Adults
- Easy
- Mileage: 6.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 600 ft
- High Point Elevation: 10,350 ft
- Pace: 1.5
- 2 (9 capacity)
- FULL (3 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Goals and objectives for this first overnight trip include......
On trail:
- Hiking with pack
- Trail and CMC best practices
- Map review
- Navigation discussion (with simple navigation exercise, e.g., look at map: where are we now? If we wanted to go to X, how to get there?)
At camp:
- Leave No Trace
- Weather
- Camp Topics
- Packing and Time Management
- Hygiene
- Water
- Nighttime Prep
- Fire Safety!
This trip will plan to depart from the Twin Forks Park & Ride, on CO HWY 285 just past Turkey Creek Road as you head from Denver toward Fairplay. Coordinates of turnoff at the Park & Ride are approximately 39.606134, -105.229539. From the Park & Ride we’ll drive (South) on HWY 285, pass through Fairplay, and then turn to the west toward Weston Pass that will take us to the trailhead at the Rich Creek/Tumble Creek Trailhead, Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Area. (Coordinates: 39.0683, -106.1164).
Be prepared to DEPART the meeting location at 7:00 AM.........seriously!
Required Equipment
10 essentials plus equipment for safe overnight as we learned in class and practiced on shake-down field day.