Today’s ride will include the steepest ascent, highest summit, and steepest descent of the entire trip as we cross the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming, which are part of a northwest spur of the Rocky Mountains. The Sioux, Crow, and Cheyenne consider these mountains sacred.

Our lunch break for the day will be at the world famous Irma Hotel, hosted by the City of Cody, Wyoming. The city of Cody was named after William “Buffalo Bill” Cody who helped found the town in 1895.  The Irma Hotel, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was named after Buffalo Bill’s daughter of the same name. Cody built the now-famous Irma Hotel in 1905 and called it “the sweetest hotel that ever was.” The public is invited to come see the men and their machines at the illustrious Irma Hotel.

Cody, Wyoming is considered the gateway to Yellowstone and riders will enter the Yellowstone National Park on this afternoon, to finish the day’s 229-mile ride at the Yellowstone Lodge.