Amtrak Winter Park Express

02/23/2025

Some serious ski train history in this photo.

11/06/2024

Huge news from Amtrak, Ski Train service will be expanded this year with more days, longer season, additional destination, and cheaper tickets!
The Winter Park Express has an expanded season and will begin operating Friday-Sunday starting December 20th.
Additionally, Amtrak has added Thursday and Monday trips from January 9th through March 31st.
A new stop was added at Fraser, CO in addition to Winter Park Resort.
Tickets are available now starting at $19 for adults and $9.50 for children, for more information and to purchase tickets visit https://www.amtrak.com/winter-park-express
News release here:
https://media.amtrak.com/2024/11/amtrak-winter-park-express-starts-sooner-goes-farther-and-runs-more-often-this-season

The ski train is back for the 2024 season — with fares starting at $19.

08/18/2024

When we envisioned the Winter Park Express ski train, we had many goals. One was to grow Amtrak’s business. Another was to be a stepping stone to more trains and destinations.
Mission almost accomplished!

They are exploring running trains more often and earlier in the ski season.

04/27/2024

I have done my best. Passing the torch now, but a supporter for life!

Letter to the editor of Unofficial networks, expressing the opinion that North America needs more trains to access ski areas and resort towns.

04/02/2024

By Jon Coen It was a warmish Sunday as we strolled through Denver’s Union Station toward our train. We’d arrived Friday night and spent a gorgeous spring (perhaps Fool’s Spring) Saturday wandering the city. That morning , our boards and skis were stowed below as we boarded Amtrak’s Winter Pa...

03/31/2024

Today is the last run of the Winter Park Express for the 2024 season, it is also the last trip for our esteemed Conductor Brad since he will be retiring from Amtrak in October. Lucky for us he will be returning in 2025 as a volunteer host.

03/08/2024

02/22/2024

02/01/2024

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Ryan and Jordan are joined by their friend Brian to tackle a WORLD'S FIRST journey from Winter Park, Florida to Winter Park Ski Resort in Colorado, entirely ...

01/29/2024

-- All aboard!! The Winter Park Ski Train, shown here, for its first January 1976 ride of the season.

In 1939, Frank Bulkley started the Eskimo Ski Club to teach Denver children to ski. He used the Winter Park Ski Train to carry some three hundred children from Denver to and from Winter Park Resort every weekend. The Winter Park Express dates back to 1940, the same year Winter Park Resort opened for skiing.

The Winter Park Ski Train was instrumental in bringing ski clubs and the public to Colorado’s slopes. After serving in the 87th Mountain Infantry of the 10th Mountain Division during World War II, Bulkley resumed his involvement with the Eskimos and began a ski shop which was the first in Denver to offer seasonal rentals. His contributions to snow sports undoubtedly increased the growth of skiing in Colorado. In the mid-1950s, 33 ski trains were operating in Colorado.

The inaugural Winter Park Ski Train left Union Station this past January 12, 2024. Governor Jared Polis was on the train and told the public there was more to come. He told Rocky Mountain PBS that they want to make the train more convenient, less expensive, and include Steamboat, Rollinsville, and Eldora on this route. They're working on a mountain rail to make sure people have a better way to get to the mountain areas — both for tourists to power our economy, and for Denver metro area residents and Colorado residents who want to have fun in the mountains.

What do you think about this recent interest in improving the Ski Train?

01/21/2024

https://twitter.com/govofco/status/1749129864311914969?s=49&t=tDov41JnEk9EUDmhJT-a5