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Forest Road #295

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A railroad grade dirt road from St. Elmo to Hancock.


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Map Key

5.7

Miles

9.1

KM

Doubletrack

11,049' 3,368 m

High

9,996' 3,047 m

Low

1,052' 321 m

Up

0' 0 m

Down

4%

Avg Grade (2°)

10%

Max Grade (6°)

Dogs Unknown

E-Bikes Allowed

Description

This is another section where the old Alpine Tunnel railroad route came through back in the late 1800's, which was graded to 3%, mostly. It makes for an easy ~1000' vertical climb from St. Elmo to Hancock to ride either the Tunnel Lake Trail or the Canyon Creek Megacalorie.

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Matt Giaraffa

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  2.5 from 2 votes

#1

in St. Elmo

#33083

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  2.5 from 2 votes
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#1

in St. Elmo

#3,021

in Colorado

#33,083

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Great views, even off the road!
Jul 16, 2018 near St. Elmo, CO
Beginning the climb to Hancock Lake up 295
Sep 9, 2015 near Buena V…, CO

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Aug 11, 2019
Nathan Van Deel
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