Tours

SOT is proud to offer all attendees and their guests a wide range of tours to make your visit to Salt Lake City more enjoyable. A tour desk will be located in the South Foyer of the Salt Palace Convention Center.

Tour Registration

To register for tours, please either fax, mail, or e-mail your tour registration form, to Western Leisure/SOT. For more information go to the Western Leisure/SOT Web site. If you have any questions, please call Western Leisure at (801) 233-0600 or e-mail info@westernleisure.com. Register now to ensure your reservation for tours. On-site registration will be limited and will be accommodated on a space-available basis only.

• The registration deadline is February 28, 2010, for all tours. Western Leisure reserves the right to cancel tours if minimums are not met. If a tour is cancelled due to insufficient registration, customers will be given the opportunity to either receive a full refund or to select another tour, if seating is available.
• Full payment to Western Leisure must accompany your registration form. All payments are due in U.S. dollars, VISA, MasterCard, American Express, checks, and cash (on-site sales only) are accepted. Discover is not accepted.
• Refunds will only be made if written notice is received in writing to Western Leisure and faxed to (801) 233-0900 by February 28, 2010, for all tours. No refunds will be made after this date.
• Beginning Sunday, March 7, prepaid tickets may be picked up at the Tour Desk located in the South Foyer near SOT registration of the Salt Palace Convention Center.

Sunday Morning with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir & City Tour

Sunday, March 7, 2010
8:30 AM–12:00 NOON
$35 per person
Minimum of 30 people

Begin the morning with a short downtown tour followed by a 30 minute nationally broadcast session at Temple Square with the world renown, Mormon Tabernacle Choir. This is the longest continuously running radio broadcast in the world. After the broadcast, the tour will take a complete look at what makes Salt Lake City so unique. Stops include Union Pacific Depot, which includes the Olympic Legacy Plaza, a residential section called Avenues, Fort Douglas, and the Olympic Cauldron Park at Rice Eccles Stadium, and Rice Eccles, which was the site of the Opening and Closing 2002 Winter Olympic Ceremonies.

Utah Olympic Park and Park City

Monday, March 8, 2010
10:00 AM–2:00 PM
$48 per person
Minimum of 30 people

In February of 2002, world-class athletes from every country gathered in Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Now is your chance to see what all the excitement was about. Tour the Utah Olympic Park. This venue was the site for the Bobsled, Ski Jumping, Luge, and Skeleton events. On the tour you have the chance to learn about those events from those who actually participated. We are lucky enough to have an athlete get on our bus and take us to the top of those events, and let you look over the edge! When we’re done at the park, you will also tour Park City (Home of the Sundance Film Festival) and learn its fascinating history as a mining boomtown. Today, Park City is a skiing mecca and get-away for the rich and famous—yet still retains the charming qualities of a quaint mountain town. You will get a chance to explore the shops, boutiques, and art galleries lined along Main Street with plenty of time to grab a bite to eat before heading back down Parley’s Canyon into Salt Lake.

Lakes, Mines & Mills

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
10:00 AM–4:00 PM
$65 per person
Minimum of 30 people

This tour will be an exciting day, full of contrasts. Begin your tour by visiting the Great Salt Lake, known as “America’s Dead Sea.” The Great Salt Lake is many times saltier than the ocean, making it impossible to sink while swimming there. Hear tales of its origin, its discovery, and of the many legends it has spawned. See the Saltair Pavilion, and have a chance to touch the salty water. Our next stop will be historic Gardner Village. Nestled beneath hillside pastures on the banks of the Jordan River, the Village offers vintage pioneer architecture, antique fixtures, cobblestone paths and ponds along with proprietor’s who render personalized service straight from the heart. The Village was established in honor of Mormon Pioneer and polygamist Archibald Gardner. Today, this land contains the outlines of the once bustling Utah mill industry and history. It is complete with historic cabins, houses and buildings that have been restored into quaint and unique shops. There will be plenty of time to explore and shop in the village before we meet in the mill for lunch. We’ll re-board the coach and continue along the base of the Oquirrh Mountains as you make your way to Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon Copper Mine. The largest mining operation ever undertaken, the pit is 2½ miles from rim to rim and over ½ mile deep. You will have time to visit the observation deck and see the workings of the mine.

Antelope Island & Ogden’s Union Station

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
10:00 AM–3:00 PM
$65 per person
Minimum of 30 people

We begin our tour by heading North as we travel to Ogden’s Union Station, a monument to the state’s railroading history. Though it is no longer a train depot, the Station continues to attract people from all over the world. Most come to see the John M. Browning Firearms Museum and the Utah State Railroad Museum/Eccles Rail Center with its display of two of the largest locomotives ever manufactured. Stay to see the Natural History Museum and the Browning Kimball Car Museum. Next we will head due West across the Great Salt Lake to visit Antelope Island, home to a unique ecosystem which reflects what the pioneers encountered when they arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. Our tour will stop at Buffalo Point, which provides a stunning view of the Great Salt Lake.