Buffalo Peaks Wilderness

{{Short description|Protected area in Colorado, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Buffalo Peaks Wilderness

| iucn_category = Ib

| iucn_ref = [https://www.protectedplanet.net/366513 Protected Planet Website]- Retrieved March 29, 2023

| photo = Buffalo Peaks Wilderness 2020.JPG

| photo_caption = Looking northwest from Highway 285

| map = Colorado#USA

| relief = 1

| map_caption = Location in Colorado##Location in United States

| location = Park / Chaffee / Lake counties, Colorado, USA

| nearest_city = Leadville, CO

| coordinates = {{coord|39|03|00|N|106|09|00|W|region:US|notes={{cite gnis|2035074|Buffalo Peaks Wilderness|August 8, 2012}}|display=inline, title}}

| area = {{convert|43410|acre|km2}}

| established = 1993

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| governing_body = U.S. Forest Service

}}

The Buffalo Peaks Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in San Isabel and Pike National Forests in central Colorado. The {{convert|43410|acre|km2|adj=on}} 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.{{cite web |title=Buffalo Peaks Wilderness |publisher=Wilderness.net |url=http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=86 |access-date=August 8, 2012}}{{cite web |title=Special Places |publisher=Pike and San Isabel National Forests |url=http://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/psicc |access-date=August 8, 2012}} The wilderness contains Colorado's largest herd of bighorn sheep.