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Buffalo Creek Climbing

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Areas in Buffalo Creek

Almost Asshole Rock 3 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Asshole Rock 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Baron's Estate 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Buffalo Creek Bouldering 41 / 0 / 3 / 114 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 115

Buffalo Creek Spire 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1

Castle, The 19 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Da Butts 8 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Flat Saloon Crag 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Gnome Dome 6 / 0 / 2 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Humphrey's Dome 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Little Scraggy Dome 10 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Obscure Buffalo Creek Rocks 5 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 7

Skinner Mountain 6 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Top Of The World 33 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 34

Twisted Sisters, The 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Elevation:	7,063 ft
GPS:	39.37837, -105.26026 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Darin Lang on Nov 29, 1999
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Getting There

Basically, Buffalo Creek is a small burg in between Deckers and Pine on CO 126. The Buffalo Creek area is scattered and a bit confusing with many forest roads and dead ends in the area. It may be best to beg, borrow, or steal a guidebook with a good map of the area. Skinner Mountain, however, is easy to find. Just drive South from Pine (or North from Deckers) on CO 126 until you reach the Kelsey Campground. Park on the road outside the campground unless you want to pay the fee, and then hike West for about 15 minutes on an indistinct trail marked by the occasional cairn. This trail will deposit you about 50 feet above the start of Wally World. Skinner, and the rest of the rocks in the Buffalo Creek area, contains the usual S. Platte mix of quality cracks, less-than quality cracks, and runout slabs.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Buffalo Creek

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V5 6C 4 ● Autumn's Traverse (full) Boulder Buffalo Creek B… > Da Butts Boulde… > Autumn's Traverse Bou…
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 59 ● Lookatdat Sport Skinner Mountain
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 27 ● Fun Climb 101 Trad 3 pitches Top Of The World > Ragnarok
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c V0- 4- 21 ● A Side Crack Boulder Buffalo Creek B… > De Gaulles Nose… > A- & B- Side Crack Bo…
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 28 ● Cardiac Crack Trad Asshole Rock
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 65 ● Central Corner Trad Skinner Mountain
5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 40 ● Castle Corner aka Unnamed 5.10 Trad 3 pitches Castle
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 40 ● [Redacted] Trad 2 pitches Da Butts
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b 45 ● Throne Room Trad 3 pitches Castle
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 81 ● Two Jews Blues Sport 3 pitches Little Scraggy Dome
5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b V2 5+ 8 ● Shake It Off (aka Shotgun Express) Trad, TR, Boulder Buffalo Creek B… > Da Butts Boulde… > Shake it Off Boulderi…
5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a V3 6A 11 ● Big Wave Dave Trad, Boulder Buffalo Creek B… > Asshole Rock Bo… > Northeast Boulder Pile
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a V4 6B 10 ● Agni Kai Trad, Boulder Buffalo Creek B… > Da Butts Boulde… > Agni Kai Boulder Area
5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a V5 6C 13 ● In Rainbows Trad, Boulder Buffalo Creek B… > Da Butts Boulde… > In Rainbows Boulder Area
5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b V6-7 7A+ PG13 3 ● The Unbearable Weight of Massive… Trad, Boulder Buffalo Creek B… > Asshole Rock Bo… > Smoke A Fatty Boulder