Buffalo Trail & Snowshoe Hare Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 736 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Buffalo Trail & Snowshoe Hare Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Golden Gate Canyon State Park near Coal Creek, CO. It climbs 736 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Buffalo Trail & Snowshoe Hare Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 736 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 8,328–9,098 ft
Out & Back · Golden Gate Canyon State Park
Trailhead: Snowshoe Hare Trail · 39.86602, -105.41284
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 76°F / low 51° · precip 11% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Snowshoe Hare Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Buffalo Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miReach Snowshoe Hare Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Snowshoe Hare Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Snowshoe Hare Trail Trailhead
- Service Road–Snowshoe Hare Connector To Mule Deer Trail, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 726 ft
- Mule Deer Trail–Snowshoe Hare Connector To Mule Deer Trail, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 789 ft
- Kriley Pond–Mule Deer Trail, 4 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,479 ft
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