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Anyone drive by the Buffalo Peaks (just NE of Buena Vista) this past weekend and could give me an idea of how much snow is on them (covered, just snow fields, etc)? I'm considering them this weekend and any info or pics, especially of the north side would be helpful.

Thanks

I don't have any pics but I can tell you the gate right off of 285 on the 431 forest road to access the peaks from the east was still closed as of Sunday.

I drove down rte 9 south from Breckenridge on Sunday, so I had views of the Buffalo Peaks from the north and east, and they looked maybe 90% white above treeline, if my memory's working. My guess would be that the north side still has fairly deep snow in most spots.

Not a great image but you can see them in this webcam: http://www.cotrip.org/images/ws/camera?imageURL=160

hmm, that could be postholing fun with the warmer temps into the weekend. thanks for the quick responses. I just left a message at the South Park Ranger District asking about the roads into the BP Wilderness. I'll update this once I hear back.

I understand you are more interested in the north side but, if it will help, the south aspect is perhaps ~40% covered with the west aspect being perhaps 70%.

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I forgot to update this once I talked to the Fairplay FS office. They confirmed what AndYouSeeMe saw and said the gate for FS431 won't open until sometime in early-mid June and there's still a lot of snow in the BP Wilderness. The ranger said CR22 was open (I think that road goes to Weston Pass and campground, although I might be mistaken), but there was a bridge that was "unstable" ... um, how's that ... but the road's open?!?!

Guess I'll go to plan B for this weekend and come back later in the season. Thanks for everyone's info.

Bob, thanks for the update. I would have arrived at a closed gate tomorrow.

anyone have more recent info? Thinking about heading this way over the weekend.

South & west aspects are probably down to ~10% coverage now.


R

Rarefied wrote:South & west aspects are probably down to ~10% coverage now.


R

Here's what they looked like from the summit of Marmot Peak yesterday.