Cody Yellowstone’s core meeting schedule promises an exciting and informative lineup for attendees. As the host destination, Cody Yellowstone has curated an exceptional program designed to captivate travel writers and enthusiasts alike.
Delegates arrive.
Afternoon options for early arrivals:
5 p.m.
Depart hotel for one-hour Cody Trolley Tour.
6 p.m.
Welcome reception and dinner at K3 Guest Ranch Bed and Breakfast.
8 a.m.
Breakfast, speaker, chapter meeting. Holiday Inn.
10:00 a.m.
Pick up box lunches and depart for optional full-day tours (see below).
Dinner
On your own, with $25 in Cody Bucks. Meeting participants can enjoy food and beverages along the new Cody Sippin’ Trail and/or visit any other eatery in town. Download the free Sippin’ Trail app and learn about participants and prizes.
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Activity level: 1
Max. participants: 13
This tour will include stops at Heart Mountain WWII Interpretive Center, Homesteader Museum, Meeteetse Museums, Meeteetse Chocolatier, By Western Hands and Plains Indian Museum.
Activity level: 2
Max. participants: 13
Take a guided drive along the Buffalo Bill Scenic Byway and hear tales about the Road to Yellowstone. Have lunch at Pahaska Tepee and tour Buffalo Bill’s original hunting lodge. Visit Buffalo Bill Dam & Visitor Center and learn how visionary Buffalo Bill and partners built the largest dam in the world (at the time). Tour Buffalo Bill Museum at Buffalo Bill Center of the West.
Activity level: 3
Max. participants 12
Suggested gratuity: $15
Join Treads ‘N’ Trails for a guided UTV tour of the rugged Cody Yellowstone backcountry. Possible destinations include the ghost town of Kirwin, McCullough Peaks, Red Lake and Oregon Basin. Be prepared to get muddy!
Activity level: 2
Max. participants: 13
This tour will include a guided tour of the Whitney Western Art Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and stops at the Cody Country Art League, By Western Hands Museum & Gallery, and Cody LDS church for a look at the Cody Mural. You’ll also take a guided Art Walk in downtown Cody and stop at several of the town’s galleries.
Activity level: 4
Max. participants 12
Suggested gratuity: $10
Enjoy a morning horseback trail ride, lunch and a two-hour rafting trip on the Shoshone River.
5:00 p.m: Full-day tours return to Cody.
1 – Light walking; some stairs
2 – Moderate walking up to one mile; some stairs
3 – Moderate walking at distances greater than one mile
4 – Heavy walking or moderately intense activity(such as horseback riding or whitewater rafting)
8:00 a.m.
Breakfast, Marketplace and Professional Development. Holiday Inn.
Pick up box lunches.
Noon:
Half Day Tours (See below)
5:30 p.m.
Dinner and show at the Cody Cattle Company
Cody Nite Rodeo
This is the opening night of the Cody Nite Rodeo. All meeting attendees will be provided with special seating and press access to the rodeo grounds.
Activity level: 4
Max. participants: 12
Suggested gratuity: $5
A guide will lead an easy hike in the world’s first national forest. With around 1,000 miles of hiking trails, outdoor recreational opportunities are comparable to those inside Yellowstone National Park.
Activity level: 4
Max. participants: 13
Suggested gratuity: $10
Enjoy a guided trail ride at a local dude ranch.
Activity level: 1
Max. participants: 13
This award-winning museum showcases the experiences of 14,000 Japanese Americans who were confined at the Heart Mountain WWII Japanese American Confinement Site. You’ll also tour the Buffalo Bill Dam, which was once the highest dam in the world.
Activity level: 1
Maximum participants: 13
Suggested gratuity: $10
Test your shooting skills at the Cody Firearms Experience, an indoor shooting range featuring replicas of guns throughout history. You’ll also learn about the history of firearms in the American West at the Cody Firearms Museum.
Activity level 4
Maximum participants 12
Suggested gratuity $10
Paddle Class I – III rapids during a two-hour rafting trip on the Shoshone River.
7:00 a.m.
Pick up box breakfasts and lunches to go.
Full-day, all-group excursion to Yellowstone National Park.
We’ll enter the park through the Northeast Gate and visit Lamar Valley, Mammoth Hot Springs, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Yellowstone Lake before exiting the park through the East Gate and returning to Cody.
6:00 p.m.
Awards Dinner at Buffalo Bill Center of the West.
Breakfast at Holiday Inn.
Departures and post-trips begin.
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