Winter Park Express: The season starts Thu, Dec 10, 2026. Next train: Thu Dec 10, 7:00 am from Union Station. Schedule: Amtrak, Nov 10, 2026.
US 40 over Berthoud Pass is open right now. As of Sat, Nov 14, 5:52 pm MT, from CDOT’s live COtrip report. Road: wet in areas, icy spots. Slight chance of Light Snow Showers. Expect up to 3 inches of new snow accumulation. Wind gusts of up to 19 mph are expected.
I-70 at Floyd Hill is open right now. As of Sat, Nov 14, 5:52 pm MT, from CDOT’s live COtrip report. Road: dry. Overcast skies. Wind gusts of up to 7 mph are expected.
Beaver Brook, CO
Beaver Brook - I-70 MP 247.60 EB at CR 65 E in Beaver Brook - View east - MM 247.6
Beaver Brook, CO
Beaver Brook - I-70 MP 246.40 WB : 0.2 miles W of Homestead Rd in Beaver Brook - View west - MM 246.4
Idaho Springs, CO
Idaho Springs - I-70 MP 239.65 EB at CO 103/13th Ave in Idaho Springs - View east - MM 239.65
Dumont, CO
Dumont - US 40 MP 257.50 WB at Empire Junction - View west - MM 257.5
Empire, CO
Empire - US 40 MP 256.50 WB at N Avery St in Empire - View east - MM 256.5
Silver Plume, CO
Silver Plume - US 40 MP 248.85 WB at Berthoud Falls - View east - MM 248.85
Winter Park, CO
Winter Park - US 40 MP 234.60 EB : 0.1 miles E of Mary Jane Rd in Winter Park - View east - MM 234.6
Winter Park, CO
Winter Park - US 40 MP 224.15 EB at Fraser Flats CR 83 - View north - MM 224.15
| Up to Winter Park | Leaves | Arrives |
|---|---|---|
| Denver Union Station to Winter Park Resort | 12:00 am | 12:00 am |
| Denver Union Station to Fraser | 12:00 am | 12:00 am |
| Home to Denver | Leaves | Arrives |
| Fraser to Denver Union Station | 12:00 am | 12:00 am |
| Winter Park Resort to Denver Union Station | 12:00 am | 12:00 am |
Thursdays through Sundays, Dec 10, 2026 to Apr 4, 2027, round trips. Fares from $, kids $0.00; more seats from January. CDOT sponsors the train for the third year. Source: . Trains up and back, 56 miles to the resort through the 6.2-mile Moffat Tunnel (Wikipedia, Nov 2026).
The train takes 2 h 15 up and 2 h 30 back. A clear drive is about 1 h 30, so the train only wins on bad days: snow on Berthoud, a crash or a hold on Floyd Hill, Sunday afternoon on I-70.
CDOT isn't giving I-70 drive times right now, so there's no live comparison. The road conditions are at the top of the page.
Driving = Union Station to I-70 at C-470 (20 min) + CDOT’s I-70 time (C-470 to Idaho Springs and Floyd Hill to Empire going up; Silver Plume to Idaho Springs and Fall River to I-25 coming home) + Empire to Winter Park Resort over Berthoud Pass on US 40 (40 min) or I-25 to Union Station (8 min). CDOT has no drive time on US 40, so those 40 minutes are our typical clear-road time, not live. Parking and getting to the lift aren’t counted either way.
No train day with a CDOT drive time yet. After each train day we record CDOT’s I-70 time while the train’s riders would be driving it (7:15–7:45 am going up, 5:10–5:50 pm coming home) and any closure on I-70 or US 40, and say who got there first.
From CDOT’s COtrip drive times and closures, logged by JamJumper every 15 minutes. We assume the train ran on time.
None of these views shows the train platform or the tracks (checked Nov 10, 2026). All Winter Park cams on SnowGrabber · Berthoud Pass · Floyd Hill · Winter Park
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Base Cam
Tubing Hill
Town Cam
Fraser Town Hall
Snoasis
Lunch Rock
Snowstake