4-541: The Buffalo Peaks Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in San Isabel and Pike National Forests in central Colorado . The 43,410-acre (175.7 km) wilderness was named after two highly eroded volcanic mountains, East Buffalo Peak and West Buffalo Peak, in the Mosquito Range and was established in 1993. The wilderness contains Colorado's largest herd of bighorn sheep . This article related to
8-470: A protected area in Colorado is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . San Isabel National Forest San Isabel National Forest is located in central Colorado . The forest contains 19 of the state's 53 fourteeners , peaks over 14,000 feet (4,267 m) high, including Mount Elbert , the highest point in Colorado. It is one of eleven national forests in the state of Colorado and contains
12-837: Is co-managed by the Forest Service together with Pike National Forest , Cimarron National Grassland , and Comanche National Grassland from offices in Pueblo . There are local ranger district offices located in Cañon City , Leadville , and Salida . There are seven officially designated wilderness areas lying within San Isabel National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System . Four of them extend into neighboring National Forests, and of these, one also onto land under management of
16-587: The Sawatch Range , the Collegiate Peaks , and Sangre de Cristo Range . It has a total area of 1,120,233 acres (1,750.36 sq mi, or 4,533.42 km ) spread out over parts of eleven counties in central Colorado. In descending order of land area it is located in Chaffee , Custer , Lake , Huerfano , Fremont , Pueblo , Saguache , Las Animas , Park , Costilla , and Summit counties. San Isabel National Forest
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