Gore Range Trail

Gore Range Trail is in the Gore Range, part of the Rocky Mountains in the US state of Colorado. It is located in the Eagles Nest Wilderness, Summit County. Buffalo Mountain Trail is north of Interstate 70, west of Highway 9, in Silverthorne. The Gore Range Trail passes fifty-four miles from Copper Mountain at Wheeler Lakes Trail to the junction of Eaglesmere Lakes Trail, from the southern to northern boundary of Eagles Nest Wilderness.

The Gore Range Trail is named in honor of Sir Gore, 1811–1878, a European nobleman who hired Jim Bridger to lead him on a hunting expedition through the Rocky Mountains during 1854 to 1857. The trail begins at Wheeler Flats, 9,723 feet, with its highest point at Red Buffalo Pass, 11,742 feet in elevation.

References

• ASIN B003ZUY8NM, Greatest Hikes in Central Colorado: Summit and Eagle Counties
• Gore Range Trail to Wheeler Lakes
• Red Buffalo Pass
• Sir St. George Gore