How is the snow storms along the east front of the Rockies affecting amtrak? Does amtrak still get a lot of skiers? I was one of the first group of skiers to take the train from Illinois to Winter Park and believe me after having tackled snowstorms coming down over the divide and across Nebraska the year before, it was great riding the train and partying going out and coming out of the Moffit tunnel to the sun and skiing. Back then I think it was Frazer that we stopped at, only 15 minutes away. That has been about 20 years ago but I will never forget how much more relaxing the trip was not fighting traffic or worrying about road conditions. We also managed to pick up 2 extra days of skiing because while others were landing in Denver and getting their rentals and driving up to WP, we got there around 10, I think ,and were on the slopes by noon. Then instead of the hassles of driving back to Denver, turning in the rental and catching the plane, we just skiied till 2, caught the free shuttle to the depot, and caught the train home. Slept all the way home and relaxed and ready to go when we arrived back in Galesburg. You can have your hurry up and wait planes, I still love the trains.
I know that at least for the last snowstorm (right before Christmas) they were running about 4-5 hours late. Still much better than what the Airports had going on.