Old Leg 4 Directions

Old Directions!

Leg 4 – “Cool Runnings (Buffalo Creek, part 2)”

Shinglemill Trailhead to Buffalo Trailhead

Difficulty: Blue Square

Length: 6.3 miles

Elevation gain/loss: 1,000/1,300 vertical feet

Driving Directions to the start of Leg 4

2.7 miles, 10 minutes from the start of Leg 3.

Head South on Deckers Road (County-126) and go 1.2 miles. Turn right on Forest Road 550 (aka FS-550, aka Redskin Creek Road) and go 1.6 miles. Turn right into the Shinglemill Trailhead, a small parking lot. (I’m not sure if there is a big sign for the trailhead, but the Shinglemill Trail is signed on both sides of the road.)

Running Directions

0.0 – START! From the Shinglemill Trailhead, cross the dirt road and follow the Shinglemill Trail singletrack uphill towards the Colorado Trail.

0.2 – At a three-way intersection, turn right on the Colorado Trail.

1.1 – Keep right on the Colorado Trail as an unmarked singletrack goes left.

2.8 – Bear left on the Colorado Trail as the Tramway Trail goes right.

4.3 – Stay right on the Colorado Trail as the Green Mountain Trail goes left.

5.7 – Bear right on the Colorado Trail as the Green Mountain Trail re-joins on the left. (Note, the Colorado Trail is not well signed at this intersection. Look for the white twin-peaked blaze on a tree about 50’ down the Co Trail.)

5.9 – Cross a dirt road and continue on the Colorado Trail.

6.1 – After climbing over a fence on a weird staircase thing, turn right at a T-intersection, leaving the Colorado Trail.

6.3 – FINISH! Arrive at the Buffalo Trailhead.