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The Winter Park Express is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on winter weekends between Denver Union Station and Winter Park Resort, Colorado.The scenic 56-mile (90 km) route uses the same line as the California Zephyr, climbing 4,000 feet (1,200 m) into the Front Range and passing through 30 tunnels—including the historic 6.2-mile (10.0 km) Moffat Tunnel under the Continental Divide ...
I took the Amtrak Winter Park Express, also called the "Ski Train," from Denver to Winter Park. The affordable two-hour train ride was pleasant and had wonderful views. I loved dodging traffic and ...
The mountain opened for the 1939–40 season as Winter Park Ski Area [3] and was owned and operated by the city and county of Denver until 2002, when Denver entered into a partnership with Intrawest ULC, a Canadian corporation headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, which operated the resort until Intrawest was acquired by Alterra Mountain Company in 2018.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Ski Train (1940-2009), later revived and rebranded as the Winter Park Express (2015, 2017–present) Boston & Maine's Snow Train; Gore Mountain Snow Train (1934-1940s and 2011-2018) Wachusett Mountain
Between Denver and Winter Park Resort, the Zephyr shares a route with the Winter Park Express, a service that runs only during the peak Winter season (mid-December through March) and is used primarily by tourists heading to the ski resorts located in Winter Park. [24] [25]
Winter Park is located in southeastern Grand County at the southern end of the Fraser Valley. It is bordered to the north by the town of Fraser. U.S. Route 40 passes through the town, leading south and east over Berthoud Pass 66 miles (106 km) to Denver and northwest 20 miles (32 km) to Granby.