A Jaunt up Buffalo Mountain (12,777 ft)

Buffalo Mountain towers about 4000 feet above the valley floor of Summit county (Silverthorne), so it is a rather prominent member of the skyline (despite it being well below the typical 14,000 feet peaks I enjoy hiking). Lonny and I decided it was time to tackle this beast. It was a great hike that presented us with about 3,000 feet of vertical gain in 3 miles.

The view from up top was wonderful, and we were joined by a family of goats that didn't seem to mind us too much.

Lonny, as we begin our trek

 

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Greys and Torreys in the distance over Dillon Reservoir

 

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Peak One and Tenmile Peak (above Frisco)

 

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Wildernest (the location of the condo)

 

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Mt. Guyot and Bald Mountain in the distance, Frisco down below

 

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A cairn marking the trail through the boulder field

 

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A view from the summit

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A friendly goat at the summit

 

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Another goat

 

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Brian, taking photos of the goats that didn't seem to care that there were humans around

 

Photo by Lonny Jacobson

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Two kids decide to join us on the summit

 

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The goat family

 

Photo by Lonny Jacobson

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Photo by Lonny Jacobson

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Mount of the Holy Cross in the distance (you can see the vertical portion of the white cross)

 

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Lonny, photographing the landscape

 

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More goats

 

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...and more goats

 

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Photo by Lonny Jacobson

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The entire goat family

 

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Lonny pointing to the condo

 

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The kids seemed a bit skiddish around those of us at the top, so they hid behind some nearby rocks

 

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Silverthorne and Dillon

 

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A panoramic sweep of the view from the summit

 

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Frisco

 

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Bark Beetle damaged trees (they were everywhere)

 

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