Canyon Spirit

Three dome-car days Denver to Salt Lake City: the Continental Divide inside the 10 km Moffat Tunnel, the Colorado River through canyons no road enters, Moab’s red rock, then Castle Gate and Soldier Summit.

Launched in 2021 as Rocky Mountaineer’s first American route, taken over by sister brand Canyon Spirit on 21 April 2026 and extended the same season from Moab to Salt Lake City: three unhurried days on Union Pacific metals with hotel nights in Glenwood Springs and Moab. Beyond the Moffat Tunnel it locks onto the Colorado River, running through Gore, Glenwood and Ruby canyons that no highway enters, then climbs Price Canyon under Castle Gate to Soldier Summit and drops into the Utah Valley. Moab itself has no station: the railhead is a siding off Highway 313 and a motorcoach covers the last miles into town, which is why the line on this map passes 41 km east of it. The original two-day Denver to Moab trip still runs alongside the three-day one.

Stations

1. 0 kmUnion Station
2. 98 kmFraser-Winter Park
3. 119 kmGranby
4. 288 kmGlenwood Springs
5. 428 kmGrand Junction
6. 595 kmGreen River
7. 707 kmHelper
8. 825 kmProvo
9. 895 kmSalt Lake City

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

Along the way

• Moffat Tunnel crossing of the Divide
• Gore Canyon rapids
• Glenwood Springs overnight
• Ruby Canyon’s red walls
• Mount Garfield and the Book Cliffs
• Arches country outside Moab
• Castle Gate and the climb to Soldier Summit

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 8440301 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 115 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 35 m from it
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Canyon Spirit?

The Canyon Spirit runs 911 km from Denver to Salt Lake City.

How long does the Canyon Spirit take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 3 days for the 911 km. The line's top service speed is 96 km/h.

Who runs the Canyon Spirit?

Canyon Spirit (Armstrong Collective), with SilverLeaf glass-dome coaches.

How old is the Canyon Spirit?

The line has been in service since 2021. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

How high does the Canyon Spirit climb?

2,816 m above sea level at its highest point.

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