SATURDAY • Denver, Colorado Arrive in Denver at your leisure and transfer to your hotel. This evening, join the welcome orientation hosted by your Montana Rockies Rail Tours representative.

SUNDAY • Denver to Rawlins, Wyoming Board your motorcoach to begin your journey through the American West. Travel
north into Wyoming with lunch (on your own) in Laramie, the "gem of the plains." 
Your tour continues through the Medicine Bow National Forest, crossing the Snowy
Range Pass 10,847 feet. (NOTE: Tour takes an alternate route if the pass is closed
due to snow.) Continue to Rawlins and tour the Wyoming Frontier Prison before checking into your hotel. (CB)

MONDAY • Rawlins to Cody, Wyoming Today your motorcoach will traverse the high, rugged interior plateau of Wyoming.
You'll stop at Split Rock, a geological landmark on the Oregon Trail that was a
Pony Express Station in the 1860s, then visit the Mormon Handcart Visitor Center.
Lunch is in Riverton (on your own). Continue through the Wind River Canyon
to Thermopolis to view the massive hot springs and the Wyoming Dinosaur Center.
In late afternoon, arrive in Cody. Explore this delightful western village, watch the
Cody Gunslingers perform in front of the Irma Hotel (June 1 - August 31, free), and
be sure to take in the nightly rodeo (June 1 - August 31, admission not included in
tour). (CB)

TUESDAY • Cody to Yellowstone National Park
After continental breakfast, explore the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Lunch today is included at the famous Irma Hotel, plus a guided tour of the hotel’s highlights. After lunch, your motorcoach follows the highway through the startling beauty of Shoshone Canyon and over Sylvan Pass in Yellowstone National Park, en route to your Yellowstone accommodations. (CB, L)

WEDNESDAY • Yellowstone  to West Yellowstone, Montana

Today you will experience world-famous Yellowstone National Park, including Old Faithful (where you’ll have lunch at the Old Faithful Inn, included) and a variety of other scenic wonders. Have your camera ready as Yellowstone offers a variety of
wildlife including bears, elk, bison, moose, bighorn sheep and more. Tonight you'll begin a two-night stay in the unique village of West Yellowstone. (CB, L)