Hiking – Buffalo Mountain TH to Buffalo Mountain

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Hiking – Buffalo Mountain TH to Buffalo Mountain

  • Mon, Aug 25, 2025
  • Bobcats Section
  • Hiking
  • Adults
  • Challenging
  • Difficult
  • Mileage: 6.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 3,000 ft
  • High Point Elevation: 12,777 ft
  • Pace: Moderate (1.8 - 2.0 avg moving speed)

Buffalo Mountain is the massive mountain you see on the northwest side of Silverthorne, easily visible when descending I-70 west from the Eisenhower Tunnel.  While much of this hike is on reasonably good trail, the steepest part of the trail, about 700 – 800 feet of elevation gain, involves maneuvering through a boulder field.

Here's a link to the Buffalo Mountain trail in AllTrails:  https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/colorado/buffalo-mountain-trail--2

Meet at Wooly Mammoth - Section BB, across from the Exxon gas station, at 7:00am, so we can form carpools and leave no later than 7:10am.  Here’s a Google Maps link to the “Wooly Mammoth Park-N-Ride”: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ureNbXygtrukNp8fA

The trailhead for this hike is the Buffalo Mountain Trailhead in Silverthorne.  Here’s a Google Maps link for the “Buffalo Mountain Trailhead”:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/FSv8rprenNka6hGf9

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Buffalo Mountain Trailhead


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