Buffehr Creek
3.6 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 2111 · trail class 3 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike
Begins at the forest's mile 0, 39.6403, -106.4115 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins
Buffehr Creek TH #787 the Forest Service's write-up
The Buffehr Creek Trail is 3.5 miles long. It begins and/or ends at Forest Road 734 and Buffehr Creek Road. For hiking, this trail starts in the town of Vail and joins the North Vail Trail #1896 . It can be hiked east or west, but a popular section is to the east to the Beaver Ponds for an easy hike. For biking, this trail is generally started off of the Red and White Mountain Road #734 and is a somewhat technical ride back down to Vail.
This trail is closed seasonally from April 15 through June 20 for elk calving.
Restrictions <strong>Annual closure: </strong>April 15-June 20 for resource protection and wildlife calving, feeding, and migration needs.
This hike on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in White River National Forest
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.
