CaptPete 43
Train Attendant
My wife and I have done this trip, or parts of it, multiple times:
- Denver to Winter Park by California Zephyr or Winter Park Express . Ski a few days at Winter Park.
- Winter Park to Salt Lake City by the California Zephyr . Coach is adequate. The train crosses the Rockies and Wasatch Mountains. Stay downtown. Lots of hotels and some pretty good restaurants. Many of the ski resorts are accessible by TRAX plus a shuttle bus.
- SLC to Reno by California Zephyr, preferably in a sleeper. Rent a car and ski Palisades Tahoe (formerly Squaw Valley) and Alpine Meadows (these 2 resorts are now connected by lift) and/or Mammoth Mountain.
- Return to Reno.