About this event
2025 PCA-RMR Grand Loop South Dakota Tour Information Flier
DATES: August, 17, 2025 through August 20, 2025
COST: Registration $65 per person
Registration Closes when 25 cars are registered or on July 30th, 2025
Are you ready for the long anticipated and highly sought after journey to the Black Hills of South Dakota? This 5-day, 4-night itinerary is the granddaddy of all Grand Loop Tours. You will not only have the opportunity to visit the many attractions the area has to offer. But these 4 days will fill to capacity your driving adventure desires.
A map and printed directions will be provided for each of the 4 days.
Day 1: Sunday August 17th, 2025.
Start: King Soopers Marketplace, 100 N 50th Ave, Brighton, CO 80601
368 mile Porsche tour for about 6 hours and 45 minutes total drive time. Map provided each day. Lunch in Scottsbluff, NE. A.M.
First rest break at the I-76 rest area in Wiggins,
2nd rest break at Kimball welcome center,
Scottsbluff for a lunch stop at Which Wich to pick up your pre orderd box lunches.
P.M. Tour resumes to Crawford and visit historic Ft Robinson;
Rest break in Hot Springs
Destination: Wind Cave NP visitor center. Browse the visitor center exhibits so you can decide if you want to take the tour another day.
Tour resumes scenic drive on SD-87 via Blue Bell to 16A to arrive at the hotel for 2 nights in Custer. Dinner will be on your own as you explore what Custer has to offer.
Day 2: Monday August 18th:
This is a day for you to split from the group or create your own mini group to explore the Custer area sites. We will provide a suggested tour you can drive on your own time.
74 mile on your own tour is about 3 hours total drive time. Plan on a lunch in Keystone or at Mt. Rushmore Visitor Center at Carver’s Café inside the monument.
Tour Route: Loop drive over the Norbeck Scenic Byway through Custer State Park with a rest stop at a roadside picnic area, and a second rest stop at Custer State Park Resort. Proceed on US-16A which includes the scenic Iron Mountain Road over pigtail bridges and tunnels with views of the faces, then on the main highway into Keystone to visit tourist attractions e.g., the Borglum Story and the 1880 Train (3 hour round trip rides are available 3 times a day and if interested you should book your tickets Sunday night or Monday morning). Lunch is on own. Tour continues on SD-244 to US-385 to take scenic Needles Hwy (SD-87) and SD-89 back to the hotel in Custer.
Day 3: Tuesday August 19th:
128 miles Porsche tour is about 3.5 hours total drive time. Lunch on own at Alpine Inn.
We depart in run groups to our next hotel in Deadwood for two nights. The drive starts with a visit to Crazy Horse monument, followed by a scenic loop drive into Rapid City, returning to Hill City for a group lunch on your own at the Alpine Inn. We will be allowing extra time to explore the Hill City attractions before continuing our run groups.
Tour regroups for a scenic drive towards Deerfield Lake and Rochford, to a stop at Manuel Brothers Park in Lead to view the mine, then check-in at the hotel in Deadwood. Although it may sound like a lot of driving, the entire drive is only 128 miles. Explore Deadwood with dinner on your own.
Day 4: Wednesday August 20th:
Day 4 is for independent exploration. Tour suggestions include all-day loop drive first to Sturgis to visit the motorcycle HOF and the Saab Heritage Car Museum. Then take the Vanocker Canyon Road almost to Nemo; then follow Nemo Rd to Brownsville and US-385 to Pluma; take US.-85 through Lead US-14A to Cheyenne Crossing and Savoy for a stop at Roughneck Falls. Then drive scenic Spearfish canyon (note the location of the final winter scene in Dances with Wolves) to a rest stop in Spearfish. Suggest lunch on own in Sundance at Longhorn Saloon.
After lunch take WY-14 to visit Devil’s Tower in Wyoming. Return via Hulet, Aladdin, to St Onge and return to the hotel in Deadwood.
End: Thursday morning for breakfast at the hotel and final goodbyes. From here you can decide to extend your stay in South Dakota or head on back to Colorado.
Overall Tour Inclusions Registration Package $65 per person includes:
- Tour credentials, participation in drives and activities.
- Box Lunch at Which Wich in Scottsbluff on Sunday
- Discount lodging rates
- PCA insurance coverage of tour liability
The registration package does not include:
- Dinners on your own each day
- Lunch on your own Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
- Lodging costs arranged by participants
Registrants from other PCA Regions are most welcome!
Accommodations: RMR made arrangement for rooms for 2 nights in Custer at the Bavarian Inn starting at $148 per night + taxes. And two nights in Deadwood, for $108 + taxes per night (includes complementary tap beer, wine, and well drinks for players in casino). After you register for the tour, you will receive the group codes and contact numbers to call for your hotel reservations These rooms will go fast!
EVENT CHAIRS: John Donahue at jdogden@aol.com
John Mackin jjmackin@mackinweb.net
Registrar: John Donahue
Event requirements
If there are minor children (under 18 years old) you will need to have one parent(s) or guardian(s) fill out and sign a minor waiver. The minor waiver form can be found at: http://www.pca.org/resource/waiver-minors Print the form in color. These forms will also be available at registration. At least one of the parents or guardians must attend the event. No exceptions.
The driver must be 18 or older.