Rockies railroad: ‘As we pass Mount Garfield, we eat peaches from Palisade, aka the fruit basket of Colorado’ | Irish Independent

An unforgettable trip from Utah to Colorado allows our writer to take in some incredibly spectacular scenery

The Rocky Mountaineer: Take the railroad through the canyons of America's wild west

There’s an air of celebration as our host Erin shouts out: “All aboard the Rocky Mountaineer!”

The Rocky Mountaineer (rockymountaineer.com) is famous for its trio of iconic Canadian rail routes – Vancouver to Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper. In 2021, the company opened the ‘Rockies to the Red Rocks’ route between Denver, Colorado and Moab, Utah – a two-day trip that crosses a state line and the continental divide.

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