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Buckskin Pass Trail to Snowmass Lake route map
Difficulty: ExpertOut and Back
Colorado

Buckskin Pass Trail to Snowmass Lake

Aspen, Colorado

15.5 mi

Distance

5,810 ft

Elev. Gain

7h 44m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Buckskin Pass Trail to Snowmass Lake unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:2,928 ft
Max:3,811 ft
Gain:1,771 ft
Loss:1,771 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 2,928 ft and 3,811 ft across 15.5 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.2,928 ft3,222 ft3,517 ft3,811 ft0.0 mi3.9 mi7.7 mi11.6 mi15.5 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi2,944 ft
High point11.2 mi3,811 ft
End15.5 mi2,944 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Snowmass Village, CO · about 5 mi away
County:
Pitkin County, CO

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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