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EXTRA For three more ways to
11 DAY (CONTINUED)
experience rail travel in Colorado,
consider these fun train trips: Cripple
Continue south to the small town of
Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge
Antonito for your overnight stop.
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Railroad is a short, 45-minute, four-
DENVER
Day 5: Alamosa. A full day of train travel
mile (6.4km) round-trip ride from an
Leadville
on the Cumbres and Toltec Railway, the
87 1894 depot, with stops at pretty photo
nation’s longest narrow-gauge track, then
spots along the way. The Rio Grande
Colorado
make your way to Alamosa.
Gunnison
Springs Scenic Railroad, a former freight line,
Day 6: Durango. Time to visit the Great
50 takes passengers over La Veta Pass
Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
Cañon and the rugged and beautiful 14,000ft
550 City
north of Alamosa before heading over the (4,267m) Sangre de Cristo mountains.
Wolf Creek Pass and into Durango for the Amtrak’s California Zephyr route
evening.
Durango
Alamosa
connects San Francisco and Chicago
Day 7: Durango. A full day experiencing and has an incredibly scenic section
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the famed Durango & Silverton Narrow Antonito
through Colorado’s canyons and over
Gauge Railroad, dating back to 1881.
its mountain passes.
Day 8: Gunnison. Drive over Red
2.5-hour trip fi lled with panoramas of the
Mountain Pass, named the million-dollar
Arkansas River Valley.
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highway by miners more than 100 years Day 10: Denver. On the scenic drive back
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ago, into charming Ouray. Then travel to Denver, you’ll pass the ski resorts
through Montrose to visit the south rim
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of Copper, Breckenridge and Keystone.
of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison Enjoy one last historic train ride with
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National Park, and on to Gunnison for the the Georgetown Loop Railroad between
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night. Georgetown and Silver Plume and back. www.durangotrain.com
Day 9: Leadville. Visit Pioneer Museum Day 11: Depart Denver. Or stay a while to
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with its narrow-gauge train exhibit before fully enjoy the city’s museums and shops, www.leadville-train.com
heading over Monarch Pass north to restaurants and microbreweries – you’ve
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Leadville, where you board the Leadville, certainly deserved it after your whirlwind
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Colorado & Southern Railroad for a tour of railways through the state!
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