Buckeye Peak
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San Isabel National Forest White River National Forest (map link) In my post about Galena Mountain , I mentioned there were two very lone geocaches in the area. The second, not signed since 2015, rested south of Buckeye Peak, another peak with 1000 feet of prominence rising above Leadville. It looks like the common route to bag this peak is also from the south. I didn't much like that route because of the 4x4 access road. I decided to come at it from the north from Ski Cooper, then a bit of roughly following the Continental Divide, which serves as county line and forest line along there. To get the geocache, I'd continue over the top, then finish with a little more cross country to find a road that connects back to Ski Cooper. Looking down on the buildings at the ski area from part way up one run. The peaks are part of the Holy Cross Wilderness. I parked off to the side and started up Cooper Hill. There were a couple rough roads (authorized vehicles only) to choose