{"id":57,"date":"2006-11-21T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-21T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rocky-peak.com\/blog\/?p=57"},"modified":"2006-11-21T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-21T04:30:00","slug":"vias-snow-train-express-to-jasper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rocky-peak.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/vias-snow-train-express-to-jasper.html","title":{"rendered":"VIA&#8217;s Snow Train Express to Jasper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i style=\"font-family: verdana;\">Edmonton<\/i><span style=\"font-family: verdana;\"> \u2026 VIA Rail Canada in partnership with Marmot Basin and Jasper, is proud to announce a new seasonal departure from Edmonton to Jasper featuring VIA&#8217;s Panorama (fully-domed) observation cars. For 15 weeks, from January 12, 2007 to April 22, 2007, skiers, snowboarders and outdoor enthusiasts can ignore the weatherman&#8217;s stormy predictions; leave the winter driving up to VIA and travel care-free from Jasper to Edmonton in comfort and safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: verdana;\">Travellers can make the best of both worlds combining a trip on VIA&#8217;s <i><b>Snow Train Express<\/b><\/i> with the award-winning Snow Train, (The Canadian) National Champion 2000 Best Winter Product (Win with Winter in Canada) as voted by the Canadian Tourism Commission. The schedule is designed for a weekend getaway to unwind after the bustling tempo of the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: verdana;\">&#8221;VIA is pleased to partner with Marmot Basin and Jasper to bring our customers, skiers and snow lovers a travelling experience they&#8217;ll never forget,&#8221; said <b>Joe Volk<\/b>, VIA&#8217;s Senior Director, International Sales. &#8221;This new service is the perfect travel companion for enjoying the best of winter without the stress or worry about driving conditions or fatigue following a full day of activities in the great outdoors. And travelling in VIA&#8217;s Panorama dome cars on the Snow Train Express you&#8217;re free to participate in apr\u00e8s-ski socializing with family and friends, while enjoying a winter wonderland outside your window.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: verdana;\">&#8221;Jasper has so much to offer as a winter destination and now with our partnership with VIA, it&#8217;s easier than ever to get here. All indications are for an excellent ski season, and the staff at Marmot Basin is eager to share our mountain with its 84 runs and 3,000 vertical feet,&#8221; said <b>Dave Gibson<\/b>, President, Marmot Basin.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana;\">To book the Snow Train Express, please contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocky-peak.com\/home.shtml\">rocky-peak Holidays<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: verdana;\"><b style=\"font-family: verdana;\">Source:<\/b><span style=\"font-family: verdana;\"> CNW Group (15\/11\/06), &amp; the web editors of TravelAlberta.com<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Frocky-peak.com%2Fblog%2F2006%2F11%2Fvias-snow-train-express-to-jasper.html&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edmonton \u2026 VIA Rail Canada in partnership with Marmot Basin and Jasper, is proud to announce a new seasonal departure from Edmonton to Jasper featuring VIA&#8217;s Panorama (fully-domed) observation cars. For 15 weeks, from January 12, 2007 to April 22, 2007, skiers, snowboarders and outdoor enthusiasts can ignore the weatherman&#8217;s stormy predictions; leave the winter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rocky-peak.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/vias-snow-train-express-to-jasper.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">VIA&#8217;s Snow Train Express to Jasper<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rocky-peak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rocky-peak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rocky-peak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocky-peak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocky-peak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rocky-peak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rocky-peak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocky-peak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocky-peak.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}