Pike and San Isabel National Forests · Colorado

Tumble Creek

12 mi of trail, end to end · about 1,900 ft of climbing · 9,466 ft–11,429 ft · native material surface · trail No. 617 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

11,425 ft 9,927 ft · 2.9 mi high 11,425 ft

Trailhead Four Mile Trailhead 9,437 ft Drive there

Four Mile Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

The Four Mile Trailhead provides access to: Rough and Tumbling Creek Trail #617 which enters Buffalo Peaks Wilderness .

The Buffalo Peaks Wilderness was established in 1993 to preserve its quality, character, and integrity. This area is intended to be a place where the imprint of humans is substantially unnoticed; where natural processes are the primary influences, and human activity is limited to primitive recreation and minimum tools. Please follow Leave No Trace Outdoor Ethics to ensure that this and future generations experience this special place in its natural

Restrictions <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/psicc/specialplaces/?cid=stelprd3795315">Wilderness regulations apply</a> within <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/psicc/recarea/?recid=37209">Buffalo Peaks Wilderness</a>.

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.