Red Deer Lake & Red Deer Cutoff Trail via Buchanan Pass Trail
3 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Red Deer Lake & Red Deer Cutoff Trail via Buchanan Pass Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Indian Peaks Wilderness near Allenspark, CO. The route reaches Red Deer Lake at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 757 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Red Deer Lake & Red Deer Cutoff Trail via Buchanan Pass Trail
3 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 9,607–10,379 ft
Out & Back · Indian Peaks Wilderness
Trailhead: Buchanan Pass Trail · 40.13705, -105.58543
Weather Sep 4: Rain, high 73°F / low 50° · precip 21% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Buchanan Pass Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Red Deer Cutoff Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Red Deer Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Buchanan Pass Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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