Exclusive: Luxury rail company launches new route from Denver to Salt Lake City
Luxury rail company Rocky Mountaineer is rebranding as Canyon Spirit with an expanded route connecting Denver to Salt Lake City in 2026, the rail company told TPG.
The three-day journey will depart from Denver and travel to Salt Lake City. It will include overnight stops at Glenwood Springs Station in Colorado and Green River, Utah, which sits 50 miles outside of Moab.
Service begins April 21, 2026, with one train departing weekly from Denver and Salt Lake City. Round-trip coach tickets start at $2,123 plus tax per person for the ride and include overnight hotel accommodations in Glenwood Springs and Moab.
Coach service on this route is known as SilverLeaf Service and includes daily breakfast and lunch on board; coffee, tea, drinks and snacks throughout the day; hotel stays at overnight destinations and seats by large glass-dome windows. Meanwhile, SilverLeaf Plus, the train’s first-class service, includes all the benefits of coach, plus access to the lounge car, an elevated dining experience with wine pairings and premium alcoholic beverages available in the lounge car and at your seat, and handcrafted signature cocktails available in the lounge.
Both classes feature onboard hosts telling the history of the area throughout the journey.
The website to book is live as of March 17.
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“We could not be more excited to bring our Canyon Spirit train to Salt Lake City, and to expand our Rockies to the Red Rocks route further into the beautiful state of Utah,” Tristan Armstrong, CEO of Armstrong Collective, Canyon Spirit’s parent company, said in a statement. “Although the name of our train is changing, our world-class service and onboard experience will remain the same. Our family and team members all look forward to sharing the beauty of the American Southwest with even more guests from across the United States and around the world.”
In addition to the three-day route, Canyon Spirit will continue operating its existing two-day Rockies to the Red Rocks route between Denver and Moab, with stops in Glenwood Springs and Denver. Round-trip tickets for the Red Rocks route range between $1,723 and $2,327 per person plus taxes.
Additional routes that include stops in U.S. and Canadian destinations like Las Vegas; Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia; and Banff, Alberta, are also available. These routes range in duration from one to 14 days.
Armstrong Collective operates all routes as the newly formed parent company of Canyon Spirit and Rocky Mountaineer. Over the past 35 years, more than 2.3 million guests have traveled on its three routes throughout western Canada.
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