Bob, we drove from Golden, and our son and girlfriend drove from Salt Lake.....we only stayed Christmas Eve and Christmas ... Christmas Eve we had made reservations a month before at the new Grey Lady. ( from Nantucket ) .....it was delicious ! You should try it, we met a woman from there, that said that spot always had trouble ....but we really enjoyed it. Wishing them luck.
Christmas, our kids skied / X country to the Pine Creek Cookhouse....Bill & I took the horse- drawn sled....excellent pre-fixe lunch.
That night for dinner, we cooked a filet of beef on a grill outside ......
Because we only stayed 2 nights, and hung with our own 6 group , I guess we missed too much craziness , and it was more easy going than the Bucket weekend !
It was a beautiful , snowfall, and we even got to experience the sabering ceremony of champagne at the St Regis, on Christmas Eve, so it was a magical trip