A new high-end train is now making the journey from Denver to Moab, Utah. That consists of an overnight drop in Glenwood Springs, as well as the Glenwood area turned out to welcome the vacationers on the Rocky Mountaineer late Sunday.
Tickets start around $1,200 to hop aboard for the Rocky Mountaineer’s Rockies to the Red Rocks route. It’s an extensive trip similar to a cruise, that includes great deals of food and beverages.
And also when the train rolled into Glenwood Springs Sunday, a crowd got on hand to greet the tourists, a lot to the pleasure of the train operator, which tweeted out, “It was a wedding for Rocky Mountaineer as we released our inaugural Rockies to the Red Rocks trip, and the warm welcome we obtained into Glenwood Springs was amazing!
Thanks to everyone that came down as well as we anticipate the period.”
It was a big day for Rocky Mountaineer as we introduced our inaugural Rockies to the Red Rocks trip, and also the warm welcome we got into Glenwood Springs was fantastic!
Thank you to everybody that boiled down and we expect the period ☺
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— Rocky Mountaineer (@rmountaineer) August 16, 2021
That reception did not go undetected by city officials. Matt Nuñez is an economic development professional with the city as well as he tweeted out a photo of the crowd stating “Welcome to Glenwood Springs, @rmountaineer! What a fantastic area event of a new railway. We’re partying like it’s 1875!
Welcome to Glenwood Springs, @rmountaineer! What a wonderful neighborhood event of a brand-new railway. We’re partying like it’s 1875! pic.twitter.com/1D4a320OJh
— Matt Nuñez (@MattNunezCO) August 15, 2021
The Post Independent in Glenwood Springs chatted with tourists as they departed the train. The Blakely family from New York reserved the trip after the pandemic cut off their train scenic tour last year. For Joe Blakely, Jr. it was his very first journey through the Rocky Mountains and he told the paper that doing it by train was pretty special.
” This place is stunning,” he said, “as well as we’ll be back to explore, for certain. It was just lovely.”
U.S. Senator Michael Bennet simply happened to be in Glenwood after exploring the damage a landslide caused on I-70.
” I understand what a hard year it’s been here in lots of areas due to the fires, COVID and also floodings,” Bennet claimed in the Post Independent report. “But there is something to commemorate with a new train pertained to town. That’s quite exciting when you’re a railway area.”
The Rocky Mountaineer will certainly run the “Rockies to Red Rocks” path, which likewise runs journeys from Moab to Denver, for this inaugural period through mid-November as well as intends to make 56 trips.