About this campground
This historic pass is located south of the town of St. Elmo. Forest Road 295 travels south from County Road 162 just outside of St. Elmo. The road was once the railbed for the Denver, South Park and Pacific railroad that traveled through the Alpine Tunnel (elevation 11,523 feet) to the gold mines of the Gunnison district. Hancock Pass was a wagon and mule route over the Continental Divide. The pass drops over the Divide and intersects with the eastern side of the railroad line as it winds its way to the historic townsite of Pitkin.
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