0.0 Ride east out of town on the road you drove in.
0.4 Turn right on the uphill road to Hancock, FSR 295. This is the railroad grade.
2.2 The road splits. Ride the left hand road.
3.1 The road splits. Take the left hand road through the rocks across the wooden bridge.
3.5 Stay on the railroad grade as a road turns left to the Mary Murphy Mine.
5.3 Pass one of the most interesting old mining buildings in the area.
6.1 Enter the town of Hancock, est. 1880. There is almost nothing left. Look for an interpretive sign off the trail to your left. Continue across a bridge, until the road forks. Turn right and follow the sign to the Alpine Tunnel Trail. This road is closed to motor traffic and is the original railroad bed. Ride around the locked green metal gate.
6.6 The trail forks. Take the right hand trail to the Alpine Tunnel. Step over the gate and continue riding. You are now at high altitude. Take a break and read the interpretive signs. This section of trail traverses the hill with excellent views of the alpine world.
8.9 Ride straight head to the Alpine Tunnel as a singletrack splits left.
9.0 The East Portal of the Alpine Tunnel, used from 1882 to 1910, and built by the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad as part of the great railroad race to cross the Rocky Mountains. Engineers expected to blast through this “hardrock” section quickly, but instead of finding solid rock they discovered loose rock. They had to shore up the entire length of the tunnel with California redwood. Both ends of the tunnel have collapsed, but the last explorers to weasel their way inside found the entire central section of the tunnel intact.

Turn around and follow the same route back to Saint Elmo.