$69 shuttle to run from Eagle during Aspen’s 2027 airport closure

A new shuttle will connect the Eagle County Regional Airport with Aspen starting in April — just in time for the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport’s seven-month closure. 

Wildpath Transportation will run six daily trips to Eagle and eight to Aspen, according to a press release issued on Wednesday. A seat on the shuttle will cost $69 each way. 

“We know that by having convenient scheduled ground transportation shuttles to and from the Eagle Airport, that will almost certainly help drive demand for those additional flights,” Bill Tomcich, an airport consultant for Fly Aspen Snowmass, said. 

While shuttles won’t begin operating until April, reservations can be made starting Nov. 12. 

“The beautiful thing about what we’re doing is that this is scalable,” Justin Carroll, owner of Wildpath, said. “We can scale this up or down.”

Shuttles will operate based on American Airlines and United Airlines flight schedules at Eagle, where there is expected to be a surge of travelers while Aspen/Pitkin County Airport is closed from April 4 through Nov. 19, 2027.

United has expanded its spring, summer and fall schedules to include nine daily flights into Eagle from Denver, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles, Tomcich said. In summer 2026, there were only three daily flights from Denver, plus weekend service from Chicago and Houston.

American has expanded their summer schedule to seven daily flights from Dallas, Chicago and Los Angeles, up from three daily flights from Dallas.

Delta has yet to announce plans to add flights at Eagle next summer. 

“Every flight that we’ve seen added to Eagle is replacing flights that have multiple daily frequencies into Aspen,” Tomcich said. 

Riders will be able to reserve seats on the airport shuttle — called the EGE line — by phone, on Wildpath’s website or through its app, Carroll noted. Vans will stop in Glenwoods Springs, Basalt and the Intercept Lot. From there, passengers can transfer to the Valley Loop, a shuttle that he described as a “call and demand service.” Those going to the Eagle Airport from Aspen or Snowmass can book the Valley Loop pickup to connect to the EGE line. 

The first airport-bound van will leave around 4 a.m, while the last van from Eagle leaves at 10 p.m, according to Wildpath’s sample schedule. 

The $69 fare covers one carry-on bag and one regularly-sized bag of up to 50 pounds — additional bags will cost $50 to $100 each, according to the press release. A ski or snowboard bag counts as a “regular bag.”

The Fly Aspen Snowmass Coalition selected Wildpath through an RFQ process that began last spring. For Carroll, whose company had primarily operated as private transportation, it was the perfect opportunity to break into the shuttle space. 

“I’ve always been interested in the common carrier space, or really the shuttle space, in Colorado,” he said. “So I started working on this about 17 months ago and learning about it, and then I saw the RFQ come up.”

Partners like Aspen One and the Aspen Chamber Resort Association have contributed to a subsidy to help fund the shuttle. At last month’s meeting, the Elected Officials Transportation Committee agreed to contribute $300,000 — half of the $600,000 total.

Without the subsidy, Tomcich noted seats would cost closer to $115 each. 

Carroll said they plan on “growing the services” even after Aspen Airport re-opens next November.

“This is a lofty goal,” he said, “but we would love to create a Denver line to Aspen.”