AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Buffalo Lake & Coal Creek Trail via Anthem Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Buffalo Lake & Coal Creek Trail via Anthem Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Mountain View Estates, CO. The route reaches Buffalo Lake. It is mostly level, with 109 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,128 – 5,191 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.99657, -105.04277
Nearest town Mountain View Estates, CO
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Buffalo Lake & Coal Creek Trail via Anthem Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Elevation 5,127–5,190 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.99657, -105.04277

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftPass Buffalo Lake.
  5. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bison Trail, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  10. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 400 ftBear left, heading SW.
  12. 250 ftSharp right, heading S.
  13. 300 ftTurn left onto Anthem Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Coal Creek - AnthemTrail Connector, heading SE.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left onto Coal Creek Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Coal Creek Trailhead access, heading SW.
  19. 100 ftContinue straight onto Coal Creek Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.4 miReach Buffalo Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Coal Creek Trailhead access, heading NE.
  22. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  23. 50 ftBear left onto Coal Creek Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.4 miTurn right onto Coal Creek - AnthemTrail Connector, heading NE.
  25. 0.1 miSharp left onto Anthem Trail, heading N.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  27. 300 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  28. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  29. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  30. 150 ftSharp right onto Bison Trail, heading N.
  31. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  32. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  33. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  34. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  35. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  36. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/buffalo-lake-coal-creek-trail-out-back

Trail surface

55% gravel38% paved7% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:08 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:29 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:56 PM.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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