Luxury train travel between Colorado's Front Range and Utah's Salt Lake Valley will have a new elevated rail-riding experience starting April 2026.
The train trip known as "Rockies to the Red Rocks" aboard Armstrong Collective's Canyon Spirit — formerly Rocky Mountaineer — is expanding service westward from Moab, Utah to Salt Lake City starting April 6, 2026, connecting Denver to the City of Saints. The Salt Lake City to Denver eastbound route begins April 9.
The expansion creates a 3-day, daytime-only train travel expanding on the current train ride from between Denver to Moab or vice versa. The 3-day, travel experience has stayovers in Moab and Glenwood Springs, with options to stay in Salt Lake City once done riding the train.
The 3-day adventure rewards rail travelers with more scen