San Juan National Forest · Colorado

Buckles Lake

1.5 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 688 · trail class 2 · typical grade 5-8% · tread 12-18 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike · seasonal: hiking 06/01-10/15

Trailhead Buckles Lake Trailhead Drive there

Buckles Lake Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

The Buckles Lake Trailhead leads to both Buckles Lake Trail (688) and V Rock Trail (578).

Buckles Lake Trail is 3 miles long. It begins at Forest Road 663m - Buckles Lake Road, continues past Buckles Lake and ends at Harris Lake.

The V Rock Trail is 4.0 miles long. It begins at Forest Road 663 - Buckles Lake Road and ends at Leche Creek Trail (576).

These trails are both open for the following uses: Hiking, Horseback Riding.

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.