I even tried to help out a bit and did some pricing at Jackson, WY and Big Mountain, MT. $300+ a night for hotel rooms at the first and $250 at the other. Finding a place with reasonable room prices, reasonable banquet prices, 100 eating together the same place you sleep & park your bike, some place you haven't been before AND being a cool place to with cool riding nearby....can a bit hard. Finding some place that doesn't melt the RM into goo is also a nice-to-have.So fookem.
I started the process over - and have a venue which will/should be signed up next week. From where I live it's an easy 893.1 mile ride. More to follow.