Buffalo Creek IMBA Epic

1. Lives up to what you've heard!

by tddrmrz, Saturday, September 11, 2010 7:21 AM

What can I say...this area lives up to all the hype that I've heard and read. Smooth single track through out and epic downhills.

I found a route someone posted and modified it a little bit on the fly: We started @ the Buffalo Creek entrance along 543 for 3+ mi to the Shinglemill singletrack, climbed past Morrison Creek cutoff continuing to the intersection w/ the CO Trail. Following the CO Trail west past Tramway and Green Mountain an on to Redskin Creek. A twisty climb here will intersect with Gashouse (726) and turn left through this steep section of Gashouse to intersect with Miller Gulch trail (keep right), looking for a quick left onto Homestead (728) singletrack. .2 mi up Homestead is Charlies Cutoff (729 on R), THIS SECTION OF SINGLETRACK MAKES IT ALL WORTH IT!!!!! @ 30 minutes of screaming fast singletrack, wicked water-bar jumps, creek crossings and soft Sandy Wash twists and turns. We rode this into a 22+ mile loop with only 2550 ft of uphill climbing overall. Took us about 4 and half hours that included plenty of stops to take pics of the great scenery and a couple little snack breaks.

This trail system has a ton of clearly marked different routes you can take at will so you could change it each time you come back, and I guarantee you'll want to go back.

You can get a map here: http://www.frmbp.org/assets/images/BC_Trail_Map_4266x3366.jpg

This route didn't have a whole lot in the way of uphill killers, but definitely had a great balance of everything and the downhills are worth any climb here. I can't wait to go back and do this again!!!