Gaze at the delicate persimmon-hued rock formations of Arches National Park and then peer across a landscape of extraordinary shapes carved over millennia by the Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park. Float down the Snake River beneath towering peaks in Grand Teton National Park, witness Old Faithful keep her schedule in Yellowstone National Park and in Glacier National Park, ascend to the heavens along the Going to the Sun Road.

Ride aboard America’s greatest train ride, the showcase Canyon Spirit, with a stunning daylight passage through the Colorado Rockies from Denver right to Moab. Experience Lake McDonald’s mirror-like waters, the frontier fun of Jackson and Park City’s captivating silver mining history. As you watch the rising sun reveal the vertical cliffs of Moab, listen to the wind whisper through the pines at Yellowstone National Park, and touch the sky from the soaring mountains of Glacier National Park, the magnificence of America’s beauty envelops you.

Board the Canyon Spirit in Denver this morning and enjoy breakfast as the train climbs the spectacular Front Range of the Rockies. Enjoy lunch alongside the Colorado River before arriving in Glenwood Springs for an overnight stay. All evening is free to enjoy Glenwood Springs at your own pace, perhaps dipping in the hot mineral springs that gave the town its name.

Reboard the Canyon Spirit for your journey to Moab. Arriving before lunch, you’ll have some time at leisure downtown before visits to Canyonlands National Park and Dead Horse State Park. Canyonlands is astonishing, a vast colorful landscape eroded by the Colorado River into countless canyons, mesas, and buttes. Tonight, enjoy a Welcome Dinner in Moab, hosted by your tour manager. You’ll appreciate two nights in this beautiful red-rock setting.

This morning, explore astonishing Arches National Park. Here you’ll encounter the greatest concentration of natural arches in the world, over 200 amazing formations. Enjoy all afternoon and evening free to enjoy Moab with its many galleries, boutiques and cafes at your own pace.

Continue to Salt Lake City with time visiting Temple Square this afternoon. The genealogy museum is the highest rated one in the world for good reason and we have ample time to explore it. Later this afternoon we arrive in historic Ogden with its backdrop of the Wasatch Mountain range and the balance of the day at leisure.

Travel north to Jackson, WY, with time to explore this quaint Western town. Be sure to check out the famed Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, and later enjoy a stunning trip over the John D. Rockefeller Parkway through Grand Teton National Park with key sightseeing stops, including the Visitor Center, Jenny Lake and the Chapel of the Transfiguration. As a special treat this evening, relish a scenic dinner cruise on Jackson Lake, something many of our travelers rate one of the highlights of their entire holiday.

Today, you’ll enter Yellowstone National Park, visiting iconic Old Faithful, West Thumb, Grand Prismatic Springs, the Lower Geyser Basin and Lake Yellowstone before arriving to your hotel.

Continue exploring glorious Yellowstone, with highlights such as Upper Geyser Basin, the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, Steamboat Geyser, the world’s tallest geyser, whose plumes rise three times higher than Old Faithful and Hayden Valley. Enjoy all evening at leisure in Yellowstone.

Depart on a scenic drive to Helena, MT, where two special treats await– a breathtakingly beautiful cruise through the famed Gates of the Mountain, and dinner at one of the highest-rated steakhouses in Montana, the Silver King.

Drive north to Glacier National Park. A highlight today is a boat cruise on shimmering Lake McDonald with the Continental Divide as a magnificent backdrop. Tonight is the first of two nights in this magical setting.

Bask in a spellbinding day that that includes a ride over the breathtaking Going to the Sun Road (weather permitting) over the Continental Divide. You’ll appreciate a second night to explore Glacier’s magnificent setting.

After breakfast, depart on a scenic drive west to Spokane, WA passing through lovely Coeur d’Alene, ID. Just a ten-minute walk from your hotel is gorgeous Spokane Falls, a series of cascades in the heart of downtown. You’ll stay at the superb Indigo Hotel, a fitting end to your elegant holiday. Later, a Farewell Dinner.

You may extend your stay in Spokane or travel home by air or train. Spokane Airport has nonstop flights to over 50 cities and Amtrak’s Empire Builder train provides service to Portland and Seattle, as well Chicago and Midwest points.