[pct-l] Amtrak stop near Stevens Pass, Washington

[Patrick Beggan]

There has been an amtrak bus that stopped in Skykomish from Seattle to  
Spokane and vice versa for some time. I used it in 2008 to get back to  
the trail from Seattle after a few zero days. If you prefer to use  
Skykomish to travel from, you can get a ticket for that bus (which  
stops by the gas station along highway 20 in skykomish) from  
amtrak.com as well.


On Oct 29, 2009, at 8:23 PM, Tom Griffin wrote:

> Not sure this has been covered on the list yet, so please excuse this
> post if it is a duplication. Amtrak is now serving Leavenworth,
> Washington, which is just east of Stevens Pass. It stops just once a  
> day
> in each direction. The train is the Empire Builder, which goes from
> Chicago to Seattle. The schedule  is not that convenient (8 p.m.  
> arrival
> in Leavenworth  coming from Seattle and 6 a.m. arrival in Leavenworth
> coming from Chicago), but there is a  shuttle from the station to
> Stevens Pass. According to the Seattle Times:
>
> The private shuttle has agreed to meet every train so that travelers
> aren't stranded on the edge of Leavenworth (and if you get missed, the
> number is 509-548-RIDE). The fare into town is $3 per person. For a
> round trip to Stevens Pass Ski Area, the shuttle will cost $12.
>
> The article doesn't say if the shuttle will run to the Pass only in  
> the
> winter, when the ski hill is open, but I'm assuming that it will run  
> all
> year.
> The train station is on the outskirts and passengers will need service
> even to get into Leavenworth.
>
> Here's a link to the whole Seattle Times article.
> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2010155461_nwwtrain29.html
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Tom "Bullfrog" Griffin
> Seattle
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