Name: Shinglemill Trail
Rating: 4.3

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This trail is similar to many of the trails in the Buffalo Creek network. It's mostly flowy, dry, somewhat sandy singletrack. There aren't any major climbs or steep descents or difficult features, but it's enjoyable trail, and the fun increases as speed increases!

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Local Club: Colorado Mountain Bike Association

Land Manager: USFS - Pike National Forest - South Platte Ranger District

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Jeremy Brodhead with improvements by s platte and 1 other

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Trail Ratings

4.3 from 75 votes

#3

in Buffalo Creek Trail System

#79

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4.3 from 75 votes

5 Star		45%
4 Star		43%
3 Star		9%
2 Star		3%
1 Star		0%

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#79

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Riding into the teeth of the storm.... but we got lucky, it just missed us.

Nov 16, 2015 near Pine, CO

Shinglemill Trail, great going down, tough going up.

Oct 29, 2016 near Pine, CO

Fat bikes are great in the loose decomposed granite of Buffalo Creek.

Jul 7, 2015 near Pine, CO

Shinglemill - super scenic blue flow - Buffalo Creek - Colorado

Apr 10, 2025 near Pine, CO

Jul 7, 2015 near Pine, CO

Jul 7, 2015 near Pine, CO

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Sep 19, 2025

Jake Molzen

Jul 13, 2025

ben upton

May 4, 2025

Dan 60D5H411

With Owen, Eliana, Tina

Sep 4, 2024

Matthew Goldatein

Aug 30, 2024

Private User

May 5, 2024

Dan 60D5H411

With Owen, Eliana, Tina

Nov 7, 2023

Matthew Goldatein

Jul 30, 2023

Christian Elliott

First mountain bike ride! A quick there and back, didn't go the whole way bc of sunlight but it was pretty and fun. Chill ride. 6mi

Jun 20, 2023

Atsuko Ohtake

Jun 14, 2023

Matthew Goldatein

Apr 29, 2023

Peter Tiley

Apr 2, 2023

Andrew Palmer

Oct 5, 2022

Matthew Goldatein

Aug 23, 2022

Matthew Goldatein

Jul 7, 2022

Patrick Burns

Possibly the best truly east dh run in the state. Goes on for a long ass time. SOOO many amazing corners to rip.

Jun 7, 2022

Myles Stolier

Jun 13, 2021

Terra Moyers

3.4mi

Oct 24, 2020

Geena Kim

3.4mi — 0h 33m

Oct 18, 2020

Geena Kim

Got lost in the middle, but the down hill trail was great. 3.4mi — 0h 45m

Oct 9, 2020

Kevn Brouillette

Oct 3, 2020

Rob Levy

Aug 2, 2020

Mike Palamara

3.4mi

Jun 10, 2020

Matt Ahles

May 24, 2020

Annie Swindell

3.4mi

May 17, 2020

Brendan Edwards

May 16, 2020

Christopher Best

May 13, 2020

Jen Nazzaro

Nice Kitty to Shinglemill 2.8mi — 19h 26m

Sep 8, 2019

nrj5011

loop with nice kitty and CO trail

Sep 2, 2019

Marissa Straub

Aug 25, 2019

Jackie Walker

10.3mi — 1h 35m

Jul 30, 2019

Ryan Hickman

Jul 28, 2019

Taylor Laine

Fu 3.4mi

Jul 13, 2019

Kellan Folkers

uphill

Jul 7, 2019

Bridgette McShea

Jul 5, 2019

Craig Horton

3.4mi — 11h 00m

Jun 1, 2019

Patrick Csongei

climbed shingle mill as part of a larger ride in buff creek 3.4mi

May 25, 2019

Fabian Hagen

May 12, 2019

Zach Rochon

Apr 20, 2019

Chris Johnson

Oct 16, 2018

Bill S

Sep 14, 2018

Lost Justpastnowhere

Aug 27, 2018

Jonathan Coupal

Aug 11, 2018

Ryan Poulin

Jul 16, 2018

Patrick Burns

Has to be one of the better non alpine, wide open descents around.

Jun 26, 2018

Dave Farrell

19.5mi

Jun 21, 2018

Joseph S

9mi

Jun 2, 2018

Rick S

May 26, 2018

Thomas Pyke

May 6, 2018

dave van tol

May 5, 2018

Paul Pokrandt

Mar 3, 2018

Reed Case

Downhill

Jan 9, 2018

Evan Ely

The Forest Serivce closed the top near road 550, be warned 3.4mi

Dec 13, 2017

Ben Welch-bolen

So fun! Great ride, a few tricky spots. 3.4mi

Dec 4, 2017

Allen Tanner

Oct 7, 2017

Lizabeth Barnett

Sep 4, 2017

Reed Harrington

Sep 3, 2017

pinchepaco Gomez

in the uphill direction 3.4mi

Aug 30, 2017

Anthony Scoglio

Jul 4, 2017

Alyssa Walker

Jul 2, 2017

Emmy Rae

Burmy, fast, downhill!

Jun 4, 2017

Joel Berdie

Jun 2, 2017

Rich Marulli

Whoever built this deserves a medal!! Amazing shuttle ride

May 31, 2017

Tedd Arcuri

Apr 15, 2017

Meghan Hollaback

Dry and fun 3.4mi — 0h 45m

Mar 18, 2017

Jake Barney

Mar 15, 2017

Patrick Burns

A killer long run back down to Buff Creek Rd. Loose and drifty with clear sight lines. Wish it were even longer.

Dec 4, 2016

Dan Martel

Oct 23, 2016

Rowan Neri

3mi

Oct 15, 2016

Harvey Bierman

Oct 12, 2016

Dan Kubes

Oct 10, 2016

Craig Murray

3.4mi

Oct 9, 2016

Mason Brown

Sep 22, 2016

Christian Petit

Pure fun...again! — 2h 00m

Sep 18, 2016

Ryan Gross

Nice flow. Loose in drainages.

Jun 19, 2016

Ryan Fischer

May 25, 2016

NATHALIE BROCHU

Jul 4, 2015

Nathan Brown

3.4mi

May 28, 2015

e vavrina

Mar 29, 2015

Nyles Strey

Aug 20, 2014

Roy Hobbs

Aug 10, 2014

Kelly Bethe

Jun 20, 2014

Ryan Tidemann

Southward is uphill primarily. The north portion of this trail is in the burn area.

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Shinglemill Trail

“A swooping singletrack that can be ridden either direction. ”

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7,774' 2,370 m

7,001' 2,134 m

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800' 244 m

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CT - Segment 3: Little Scraggy to FS-560 Wellington Lake Road

Buffalo Creek: Big Loop - IMBA EPIC

North Buffalo Creek Buck-Skipper-Strawberry Loop

North Fork Lollipop

Indian Creek Loop - Trail #800

Staunton State Park - Full Clockwise Loop

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