About This Trip
The Trails and Rails package is all about the San Juan’s astounding scenery! This trip starts with a morning cruise up the San Juan Skyway on a Mild to Wild shuttle.
This famous route to Silverton features some of the most dramatic views in Colorado, with 14,000 ft. peaks looming around every turn as you climb higher and higher over Molas Pass.
Once you roll into the charmingly historic town of Silverton, your Jeep Tour guide will be waiting for you ready to take you into the mountains.
Along the way you’ll explore 150-year-old mining settlements, flourishing meadows, and panoramic views of the San Juan Mountains.
Your guide will give you the best stories, interp and puns possible, and are readily equipped to answer any questions you may have about the area.
After a few hours spent in the pristine alpine of the San Juan Mountains, you’ll return to Silverton for some time to shop and grab lunch before the train departs. For the last leg of the journey, you’ll ride through the jaw dropping Animas River Canyon.
The views from the train will be completely different from your shuttle ride, as you’ll be traversing a different side of the mountains and into a more remote stretch of the Weminuche Wilderness. You’ll arrive back at the train station just in time for dinner!
How to Book
How to Get the Most out of a Durango Train Ride
Itinerary
Shuttle to Silverton • Silverton Jeep Tour • Train Back to Durango
Booking Options
Morning Shuttle to Silverton & Jeep Tour
Take the scenic shuttle up to Silverton in the morning, enjoy an early Jeep tour, and ride back to Durango late in the afternoon.
Book your Durango Train Ticket here! (The train only sells round-trip tickets, so don’t let the description throw you off!)
Need some guidance? Check out our instructions on How to Book the Trails and Rails Package.
- Ages 4+
Our Client Reviews from Google
Kim Furry2024-10-27 Miles gave my team a fantastic tour! Lois Weddle2024-10-27 Jay was a fun and educated guide to Mesa Verde! Thank you Alissa Troike2024-10-26 It was great. Miles was incredible. Highly recommend!!! Tom Evans2024-10-25 Great trip to the old mining operations north of Silverton. Very enjoyable. Vicky Guggino2024-10-19 Miles was our guide for both the 1/2 day Jeep Tour out of Silverton and the Mesa Verde Discovery Tour. He did a great job driving, and the history he told us about was amazing. He also gave great dinner suggestions after both tours! Terrye Gorman2024-10-17 It was super. Our tour guide Miles was awesome. Sarah Mcanally2024-10-15 The staff was friendly and went above and beyond to help meet our dates and needs. Their Jeeps were in great condition and took us to see parts of the untouched countryside that I have never seen before. We will certainly use them again on our next trip to Durango. Jane Turpen2024-10-12 We took a jeep trip up into the mountains to enjoy the fall scenery. The colors were beautiful, our guide,Jay, was excellent, and our group of six was great! We even saw them on our train trip back to Durango. There were some health issues for one traveler and a fear of heights for another. Jay was just terrific in handling both! He was caring but didn’t make a big issue of either. Just took the time to make sure everyone was doing okay and made it a good experience for all. It was a terrific day! Margot Wacks2024-10-12 We booked the guided Mesa Verde trip for our family of four. Our guide was Lee, he was INCREDIBLE!!! A wealth of knowledge, kind, considerate, engaging, and wonderful with our two small children (7 and 10) who at times have endless questions. He really made the history come alive for all of us and definitely made the trip a fun historical adventure! He was just wonderful to work with and made the entire experience one we will never forget. This was our first experience with a guided tour and we will definitely do this again. Not having to worry about driving, navigating the park traffic, getting lost, or not making it to the our scheduled palace tour on time was a huge relief. Everything was planned for us, including lunch. We just had to show up and enjoy!
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Payments & Cancellations
Payment Options
- 1/2 down, 1/2 charged 30 days prior to trip.
- 1/3 down with remaining balance charged in thirds.
- Call for other arrangements!
Free Courtesy Hold
We don’t want you to miss out on this trip so we’ll hold your spots, payment-free, for 24hrs while you make your final arrangements & prepare for payment.
Fees
In addition to the listed trip cost, we collect an additional 9% for River and Land Access Fees (ie. Forest Service, BLM, City, Private Land Use).
Train Cancellations
The Durango Train’s Cancellation Policy includes a fee of $14 per adult and $7 per child. No refunds will be issued within 5 days of train trip.
Mild to Wild CANCELLATIONs (Shuttle & Jeep)
Receive a 90% refund with written notice 36 hours or more before the trip. Less notice, unfortunately there will be no refund.
What to Wear & Bring
- Dress in layers: T-shirt, sweat shirt and a warm jacket (Spring & Fall tours especially)
- Wear dark colors! Unless you don’t mind sporting the soot from the train.
- Gloves (Spring & Fall Tours)
- Beanie and/or Sun Hat
- Rain Jacket
- Light Hiking Shoes
- Sunglasses
- Sunscreen
- Water Bottle – your guide will have water for refills!
- Snacks
- Camera
How To Dress And What To Bring On A Colorado Jeep Tour
Important Considerations
We take different routes around Silverton depending on what people would like to see most. Some trails have more mining history while others are more about the views, so let your guide know what you’re most interested in if you have a preference!
Colorado Car Seat Law states children up to 8 years old must be in an appropriate car seat. Please bring your own.
In fall and spring the temperatures / weather can fluctuate quite a bit. So bring layers with you just in case! The guides usually have blankets as well.
The San Juan Mountains are prone to afternoon rain showers! Bring some rain gear.
For the train, we recommend the open air gondola for summer trips!
You can bring your own snacks for the train, but alcohol is not allowed aboard.
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Train First Timers Guide
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