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Underexposed EP18 - Buffalo Pass, CO

Buffalo Pass is a massive drainage between Soda and Buffalo mountains. Singletrack and gravel roads combine for nearly 90 miles of trail, and from top to bottom, riders can descend close to 4,000 vertical feet on singletrack alone. Aside from the Spring Creek trail, which descends from Dry Lake Campground to town, the trails increase in difficulty and technicality as you climb higher up the pass. While quite gnarly and rough in sections, Buffalo Pass Road is definitely driveable in a 4X4 and can be used as a shuttle road. The Grouse Trail tends to attract a bit more notoriety, mainly due to features that appear to be of higher consequence than they are in reality, and the more consistent speeds with which you can ride it, but I decided to film on Bear Tree Ridge after reading more than one comment on Trailforks decrying the lack of flow available on it. It's a genuinely brilliant ride that drops riders 1,000 vertical feet for two miles. The trail initially begins with a series of flat corners before diving into the first of maybe a dozen or more Aspen groves. The dirt is pretty stellar early on, and the first half of the trail was almost certainly the fastest, save for the last 30 seconds or so of the ride. The second half of the trail is where things get really interesting, as the physicality and technical features become relentless. The key to finding flow over the last mile or so of BTR is to stay as light as possible on your wheels and to look through the corners and chicanes that are seemingly endless at times. Once down, your forearms will likely be cooked, and your rotors will be scorching, but you'll probably have a smile on your face that will take a long, long time to wipe off. Since my visit to Steamboat, I often think about the number of people who had yet to make it to this corner of the state when asked if they had ever been to Steamboat. I'm not exactly sure why Steamboat Springs isn't more well known amongst others who call Colorado home, but I suppose that's not really the important question to ask. I think instead, for me personally, it's "why didn't I come here sooner?" followed immediately by, "When can I come back?" Words and video by Brice Shirbach #pearlizumi