5.0 star · Medium Out and Back

Buffalo Mountain via GEM Trail

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · Routt County, Colorado

Trail length

8.7 km

Time

~2 hrs 2 min

Elevation Gain

180 m

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"A wonderous hike from the heart of Routt County"

The Buffalo Mountain via GEM Trail is a 8.7 km looped trail that starts and ends in Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado. Based on our data, the trail is graded as Medium. For information on how we grade trails, please read measuring the difficulty of a hiking trail on hiiker. Also, check our latest community posts for trail updates.

This trail can be completed in approx 3 hrs 31 mins. Caution is advised on trail times as this depends on multiple variables. For more info read about how we calculate hike time.