Yellowstone American West Tour

Day 1:

• Arrive and check into your Salt Lake City hotel
• Dinner on own

Day 2:

• Breakfast (included)
• Explore Park City and Salt Lake City
• Utah Winter Sports Park – visit Utah ski history museum and watch freestyle ski jumpers
• Lunch in historic downtown Park City (on own)
• Explore historic Park City and nearby Deer Valley Resort
• Return to SLC following historic route of early pioneers
• Visit This is the Place Heritage Park
• Welcome dinner (included)
• Optional: attend Tabernacle Choir rehearsal
• Lodging / Salt Lake City

Day 3:

• Breakfast (included)
• Depart for Jackson Hole WY with multiple stops enroute
• Explore Antelope Island at the Great Salt Lake w/optional hike
• Drive to Garden City via Logan Canyon scenic byway
• Stop at Bear Lake scenic overlook
• Lunch at Garden City (on own) where you can experience a “world famous” raspberry shake
• Stop in Paris ID to visit the historic Paris Tabernacle
• Photo stop in Afton WY (World’s largest Elk antler arch)
• Dinner / Jackson WY (on own)
• Lodging / Jackson

Day 4:

• Breakfast (included)
• Guided Snake River scenic float trip
• Lunch / Jackson (on own)
• Scenic Jackson Hole tram ride / Teton Village
• Free time to visit Jackson Hole Town Square
• Dinner (on own)
• Lodging / Jackson
• Optional: Stargazing at Mormon Row north of Jackson Hole

Day 5:

• Breakfast (included)
• Depart for Yellowstone
• Photo stop at Schwabacher Landing
• Explore Grand Teton National Park w/scenic stops
• Stop at the Chapel of Transfiguration
• Jenny Lake guided boat tour
• Lunch at Jackson Lake Lodge (on own)
• Explore Yellowstone with Old Faithful as the main attraction
• Dinner (on own)
• Lodging / West Yellowstone MT

Day 6:

• Breakfast (included)
• Explore westside of Yellowstone
• Lunch at Mammoth Hot Springs (on own)
• Visit Roosevelt Arch in Gardiner MT
• Explore northeast side of Yellowstone
• Dinner / Canyon Village or West Yellowstone (on own)
• Lodging / West Yellowstone

Day 7:

• Breakfast (included)
• Depart for Cody WY
• Explore Hayden Valley and eastside of Yellowstone
• Lunch (on own)
• Visit Buffalo Bill Center of the West
• Dinner at the historic Irma Hotel & Restaurant (on own)
• Optional activity: Cody rodeo
• Lodging / Cody WY

Day 8:

• Breakfast (included)
• Depart for Little Bighorn National Monument
• Travel through the scenic Bighorn Mountain Range
• Coffee & homemade pie stop at Elk View Inn (guide’s treat)
• Lunch (on own)
• Visit Little Bighorn National Monument
• Drive to Sheridan WY
• Dinner (on own)
• Visit historic downtown Sheridan
• Lodging / Sheridan

Day 9:

• Breakfast (included)
• Depart for Deadwood SD
• Visit Devils Tower National Monument w/easy hike
• Lunch (on own)
• Guided city tour of Deadwood
• Dinner (on own)
• Lodging / Deadwood

Day 10:

• Breakfast (included)
• Visit Mount Rushmore National Memorial
• Visit Crazy Horse
• Lunch / Custer SD (on own)
• Driving tour of Custer State Park
• Farewell Dinner / Rapid City (included)
• Lodging / Rapid City SD

Day 11:

• Breakfast (included)
• Depart for Badlands National Park
• Stop at the Minuteman Missile Historic Site
• Explore Badlands NP
• Lunch / Wall SD
• Visit/shop at Wall Drug
• Drive to airport for those departing today
• Drive to hotels for those staying overnight