2 Day LUXURY TRAIN from Denver, CO to Moab, UT (Rocky Mountaineer)
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
- We traveled on Rocky Mountaineer which is a luxury passenger train running through the Rocky Mountains. They have three routes in Canada, but for this trip, we were traveling from Denver, CO to Moab, UT on the Rockies to the Red Rocks route.
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Day 1: Denver to Glenwood Springs, CO
On day one, we were picked up from our hotel in Denver and transported with our luggage to the train station. The luggage will travel separately from us and will be in our hotel room once we arrive in Glenwood Springs.
As we pull out of the rail yard in downtown Denver, we watch the city disappear behind us. Very soon, the big city is just a silhouette on the horizon. We are approaching the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and begin to climb in elevation. Denver is known as the ‘Mile High City’ as it sits at 5200 feet in elevation, but we are going to gain another 1400 feet in the next hour. This journey begins with the Big 10 Curve.
Next, we are getting into tunnel territory. Here we will go through 28 tunnels in 17 miles. The last is the Moffat Tunnel which is the longest at 6.2 miles and takes 12-13 minutes to pass through. Also, the Moffat Tunnel passes through the Continental Divide, so once we emerge, we are on the Pacific side. We have now climbed to over 9200 elevation.
As we pass through the tunnels, we are truly in the mountains and the landscape has changed so much! There are areas where it is exactly what you think of for ‘rocky’ mountains, just giant peaks with no vegetation. Then you will see more of lighter sandstone mountains. And also mountains covered in trees. And let’s not forget about the Aspens! In September, the leaves start to change and we are seeing bright golden leaves all around us.
In Granby, CO, we join the Colorado River which will follow us the rest of the day. We watch as it starts off small and gains in width, depth and strength with some serious rapids in some places. It is wonderful to be alongside the river, because not only is it beautiful, but we see so many boaters, rafters and fishermen along the way.
Eleven miles past Granby, we enter our first canyon of the day, Byers Canyon. These canyons are spectacles to behold! You will always have the river near you but sometimes it drops low into the canyon… and you have cliffs and peaks all around you. There is something special about how the sun reflects off the walls of these canyons as you pass through them. These areas make for the most beautiful pictures!
Throughout the day, we pass through Byers Canyon, Gore Canyon, Burns Canyon and finally Glenwood Canyon as we enter our destination of the night in Glenwood Springs.
Day 2: Glenwood Springs, CO to Moab, UT
Bright and early at 6:45 AM we are back on the train platform and ready to board our train car for the next part of this adventure! The sun is just starting to rise over the mountains and reflect brightly on the red rocks in the area. As the train pulls out of the station, we are greeted with hot coffee and fresh cinnamon pastries made by a local bakery in Glenwood Springs.
I feel we are more relaxed and subdued on day two after all of the excitement from yesterday. So now we can sit back and relax more and just take in the views!
And the landscape has changed again… much more sandstone through here and less plant life as we are heading out into the desert. But, surprisingly, this region is fertile farmland!
The sandstone cliffs are uniquely beautiful! Especially when you get into the Book Cliffs area. These cliffs run for 150 miles and have hard solid formations at the top that lead down to erosion on the sides and what looks like sand dunes near the bottom. But these are deceptive in that the ‘sand’ is actually quite hard and you can walk on it… but if you try to drive a vehicle over them, they would crumble.
We travel about 35 more miles and come into Ruby Canyon. I am going to say this is the highlight of the trip! You see a lot of the red but also so many other colors! There is something special about gliding through this canyon with so much to see around you! There are cliffs and formations, there is a river alongside you… and so many colors. This is one of those places where words just cannot do it justice!
In Ruby Canyon, you cross the border into Utah and once out of the canyon, the landscape changes yet again. We are now in the high desert. This area has vast openness! Very little vegetation in this stretch and a mixture of flat land, small hills, and mountains off in the distance.
Once we make it to Moab we can see more red rocks all around us after being in the open desert for a while. It is just beautiful! We are staying in Moab for a couple of days so stay tuned for that!
Add this trip to your bucket list!!! Contact me to book a trip at travel@eecctravels.com or click here: www.rockymountaineer.com/
@@EECCTravels Thank you so much!
This is a Fantastic vacation!!!
Alisa is looking good!!
These are my favorite kind of videos. The scenery is so beautiful and I know that it is spectacular when you are traveling through it. Can't wait for the next one.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Alisa, you look like a teenager. So glad to see you guys traveling together again. Love to you and Jason!.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ so happy so happy so happy to see you too back together again you guys are the best couple that does this and I can tell you my three year-old baby granddaughter absolutely loves watching the Alaska series and she loves Alyssa. She loves her voice because she such a calm, she’s always smiling and Arabella just connected with Lisa when she was like four months old Jason glad you got some rest and it’s just not the same without you. You are a team. I’m glad to see that everything has worked out. My heart goes out to you for making a decision that you had to make but no that we are behind you a thousand percent because you put self aside and did the right thing for the puppy❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🙏🏼🙏🏼😍🙏🏾👑👑👑👑👑❤️🥰🥰😍
Awe thank you so much for this!! We are happy to be traveling together again!! Give Arabella a hug for me ❤️❤️
I couldn't agree more ❤❤❤
On my list!
❤ A 5 Star trip on a train😊
One word... Wow. Thank you for sharing this journey.
That was an incredible looking train ride! ❤❤
Enjoyed this so much! Thanks🥰 Elisia, you look fantastic! All your hard work has payed off!!
I-70 is such a beautiful ride, by train looks incredible! You guys look like you had soo much fun!❤
I drove I-70 (Jason here ) from Denver to I-15 in to Southern California
@EECCTravels We took the same route from Denver to LA a few years back. Every part of the drive is so unique and memorable. Glenwood Canyon by train is bucket list for sure!
What a neat way to travel! You guys are truly inspiring. My husband and I no longer netflix and chill, we EECC and chill. We have our first cruise booked June 2025, and i can just tell this is only the beginning of many adventures for us! We absolutely love your videos and seeing all the beautiful places yall travel. Yall be safe ❤
That is awesome! Thank you so much ❤️❤️
So right the food looks amazing views are spectacular BUT to sit back n enjoy the ride. I may have to put this on my list
Absolutely beautiful footage!❤
Wauw what an awesome Train trip the Views are Incredible 😍 yes i can imagine the Autumn colour changes of the Trees will be beyond Beautiful 😍 .
Thank you for taking us a long on your Journey 🥰 safe travels
Thanks for watching
beautiful scenery
One of my buckets lists ;)
That looked so fun.
Absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Welcome to my home state. I grew up near Glenwood Springs and have taken the Amtrak train from Denver to Glenwood many times. One of my favorite ways to get to one of my favorite places!❤
Wow! Just beautiful! Would love to do this one day. Thank you for sharing! 🩷🩷
This is a nice looking trip I think the wife would like it too.
I love all the windows giving the views of everything! how beautiful the scenery is.
It really is!
Thank you for sharing this with me. I just loved it.
Awesome trip!!
What a beautiful scenery there was on the train ride.
We loved this trip!!!!! Sorry we missed you.
It’s crazy that we were so close!!! Miss you 😘
@@EECCTravels I could feel your beautiful vibes on the rails. See ya soon.
Absolutely loved this train! The scenery was breathtaking!!!
It really is!
Thanks for taking us along! Can't wait to see your Moab vlog. We were in Moab and it was amazing! Can't wait to visit it with you :)
Fantastic video as usual. Your looking great keep up the good work. Can't wait for the next episode.
What a fun trip!
Very cool!
The scenery is breathtaking ⛰️🌲⛰️🌲
I didn’t want the visual to end it was beautiful thank you for sharing and to sing the cemetery
It is an amazing trip in the comfort of a train. We forget that it was all done with ox trains of families looking for a better life long ago and what it cost in lives and despair. They had real guts.
An amazing vlog as usual and so informative. Love seeing you both back filming xx
Thank you so much for this video, it gives us such a good idea of the journey…hope to take it ❤
Looking good Alisa!💪
This trip looks wonderful!
Welcome to the Rockies! Don't over do it in the elevation! Some people find it hard to breathe! It's worth it, though, for the beauty that surrounds you!
Thanks for this video. My sister and I are doing this trip next week - can't wait.
Hope you enjoy it!
love Rocky. am a rep for them via Host agency. thank you for the vid. fantastic
Great video ❤❤❤❤
We looked at the Rocky Mountaineer few days ago.. so cool you did a video on it.. for us it was so expensive.. we looked at doing the one from Vancouver
That was an awesome video. I can’t wait to do some train travel myself. This one and the Canada one are tops on my list for trains.
loved the views from the train
Aren’t they amazing??
Oh my gosh, that's hilarious! We went to Big Nose Kate's grave a few months back, and I still need to edit that video. My husband and I can't stop laughing about the sandal situation. You totally get us - I'm always in sandals, too! He is always saying where's your hiking boots.
Love this video! My best friend and I are talking about going to Moab next year for our trip! Can’t wait to see the next video
Great video! We spent a week this year in Moab going to different National and State Parks and it is the best small town! Can’t wait to see what you end up doing there.
This looks like my jam! 😍 I totally need to do this!
Glenwood Springs is where, 36 yrs ago, we spent our honeymoon. It has changed so much!!
That was amazing! I want to do the train ride across Canada!
Also when in Glenwood Springs check out Hanging Lake. Beautiful
Wow what a wonderful trip! Fun fact Doc Holiday was born in my neighboring town of Griffin Georgia! We actually have a festival in his name every year! Also cool shows like the walking dead, vampire diaries, stranger things and more have been filmed within an hour or so of this little town!
There are a lot of old cemeteries with old graves built on mountain tops in Colorado. Nothing better than to be in the hot springs pool when it’s snowing, the worst part is when you get out and have to get your feet buried in it 😂 us Denverites go to Glenwood Springs for staycation
Totally enjoyed this!! I've never been out west, thus trip has been added to my bucket list. Thank you guys ! Alyssa you look fabulous, keep working that diet !
Definitely plan on doing this trip! It has been one of our favorites to date!
Love yalls adventures.. I just had a double mastectomy Wed I travel vicariously through you guys ❤ love train ride & the hot springs 🎉
Great video! You want hot springs, check out the natural one in Saratoga Wyoming. That one is very hot. Also there are really hot ones in Thermopolis Wyoming.
So Cool!!
On my bucket list
Great video! Ya'll got mooned in Ruby Canyon though lol!!
We did lol
If there are wildfire and you have a good nose, you can smell it on top of the haze. My husband has that nose, mine is middle of the road but can usually tell.
Absolutely loved this. I live down in Colorado Springs and didn't even know this existed. I'm definitely putting this on my to-do list. All of your videos are amazing, no matter what content you show! I'm here for it all. I've watched the trimmer for travel since it started, and I can't wait to catch Jason's coming when it starts. Whether it's land or sea, keep posting and being you. Please put more content on tiktok!!
Yes! It’s such a great trip!! We spoke to several people in Denver who didn’t know about it either. It’s such an incredible trip!
Alisa looking good
How beautiful and Miss u are looking fantastic❤❤❤
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I love to travel by train!
WOW
Wow! Absolutely breathtaking! What months were you on this trip?
September
Alisa I ❤ your sunglasses!! Where did you get them if you don’t mind sharing:). This trip looked amazing!!
Hey Jason and Alisa my daughter and I are going on a cruise in February 5th through the 9th on the symphony of the seas on royal Caribbean and it's an enaugral cruise well not only a cruise but a comic con cruise you need to check it out and the cruise is leaving Tampa FL and going to cosumel Mexico I hope to see you there
Looks amazing, and I'd love to take that trip! It's expensive, though. Since you showed the Silver Leaf Plus, I'd like to know if the non-plus car/seats are still nice.
It’s still pretty nice. We did the trip in August 2024. In silver leaf you are stuck in one car for the trip. You can go out to the vestibule between the cars. Honestly the second day was a little tiresome
@@mpgreg Thanks!
What a wonderful trip.. Question; is it usually so quiet in the cars?
What a wonderful trip. We have been looking at train trip to the east coast on the fall. Someday. I saw your luggage. What is the brand name?. We are travi g next June.
Could’ve seen a dollar general out in the desert hahahaha
I wish they had their Geeps like they use in Canada instead of always using leased UP SD70M’s.
Looks like you lost some weight. I'm right there with ya. 😊
You don't get the wonderful food, and the seats aren't as sumptuous, but I travelled Amtrak from SanFran to Denver in 2017.
You get to take the trip over the Rockies during daylight (~6pm arrival in Denver), and I agree that the sights are stunning.
Those pictures brought back many memories, especially the river, and that double-height road.
Did you get MOONED?
And there was a car marooned half-way down a cliff that apparently fell over the edge and was caught by rocks or trees or something. That still there?
The car was still there in August 2024.
Looks amazing. Curious as to why the carriage was quite empty??
That car was reserved for just media folk
So this train trip was like the Denali trip where they take care of tour luggage ?
Where do you fly out to get home? How do you get from Moab to the airport? The trip looked amazing.
Salt Lake City
Alisa... what is the name of the elevation app you used?
What’s the hotel called you stayed at in glenwood springs?
Curious if you did Silverleaf or Goldleaf option ? Beautiful scenery, train seemed pretty empty
The USA route doesn’t have gold leaf because of the height of the tunnels won’t work with a double decker car. But we had silverleaf plus.
@@EECCTravels thank you, adding to bucket list
What a great trip. Definitely adding to my bucket list. Are the hotel accommodations and hot springs included with the train ride or do you have to book separately?
California & Nevada had abunch of wild fires late this year so thats what that haze was.
Great video! We did the Gold Leaf in Canada. It was an amazing experience. Does the Rocky Mountaineer arrange transport back to Denver?
We did that trip two years ago, it was great! And yes, we had transportation to Salt Lake City and flew from there. We flew home but you could fly back to Denver if you wanted.
Do you think the ability to have 2 seats to a person is usual? Was this low or shoulder season? Trains in Alaska and Colorado this year - fantastic! You were right: Canadian and CO Rockies are different experiences. Niche question: Coke or Pepsi onboard?
We had a low capacity train car but we also had access to a lounge car that was almost always empty. You can definitely move around.
@@EECCTravelsyou can move around in silver leaf plus, not in silver leaf. They told us that many trips are less than capacity (which is like 56 people per car). I think end of season gets busier. I also had the impression the return trip from Moab isn’t as busy.
Did you experience any altitude sickness? That's the only thing I fear!!
We did this trip last month. I didn’t hear of anyone getting altitude sickness. Maybe because you really don’t exert yourself?
To Doc Holliday: is this the hill you want to die on?
Right?? That was way more of a climb than we were expecting!
Come visit me in Sedona!
The train does not appear to be very crowded.
We had a low capacity train car as this was a media trip but the other cars weren’t completely full.
first!!
How much does this cost in entirety
There are factors that can go into the trip that affect the cost. Here is their website to check it out. We had silverleaf plus. www.rockymountaineer.com/
@@EECCTravels that website still doesnt mention cost and refers you to requesting a brochure. Not good marketing.
One pricing I figured out was around $2K per person😮 a very nice trip but pricey!!
This was a great trip! My husband and always wanted to take a train trip like this and have always wanted to see the scenery of Utah. I have a question….are there food choices for the meals you were getting? And I just loved Glenwood Hot Springs, just beautiful…..thank you for taking us along 😊 😊
This is such a great way to see the west! I wish we would have added a couple of days in Denver too. But wait to see what all we did in Moab!! Yes there are a couple of options at every meal and they can work with dietary restrictions as well.
Thank you for this information. Definitely will plan a future trip!! You look fantastic 😊
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This looks very boring! I’ll drive myself