Snowbasin is once again the host of the Winter Dew Tour Toyota Championships, which is celebrating its third year at the northern Utah ski resort. The event features snowboard and freeski slopestyle and superpipe athletes from around the world competing for the top prize, the coveted Dew Cup which is awarded to champions in each…
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Celebrate the snow at 2012 Ogden Winterfest
Winter has been slow-in-coming around Utah this year, but maybe a celebration of all things cold and snowy will make the skies open up and cause temperatures to drop. The 2012 Ogden Winterfest may be just the thing to cure our winter doldrums when the city transforms the Historic 25th Street and Ogden Municipal Gardens…
N.U.T.S. releases 2012 trail running race schedule
As we all wait for the big snow storms to finally arrive, some people are already thinking about trail running next year! The Northern Utah Trail Series, or NUTS, already released their 2012 race schedule. NUTS is a non-profit group that organizes group races and runs while sharing a passion for all things trail running,…
XTERRA USA Championship at Snowbasin
The end of September sees a big weekend at Snowbasin as the XTERRA USA Championship will be held in northern Utah’s mountains. For us mortals, the event is one we can only watch from the sidelines, as only qualified athletes (read: gods of triathlons) will be allowed to compete. But this year’s event may be…
Still time to register for R-Scape 18 Hours of Ogden
Trail runner? Then there’s an 18-hour relay race in Ogden that you’ll want to know about, and maybe even register for. The R-Scape 18 Hours of Ogden begins Friday, August 12th, and organizers promise this event will, “get the adrenaline flowing through your veins and spirit of running in your heart!” The idea of 18…
Embrace the pain at the 2011 Hurt in the Dirt
Ogden’s dirtiest, most punishing duathalon, Hurt in the Dirt, returns for 2011. Last July’s inaugural event was so successful that race organizers are brining it back even bigger and better than ever by adding an off-road 10k, plus a nighttime trail run by headlamp. This year’s Hurt in the Dirt event goes down on August…
Celebrate the cold at Ogden Winterfest 2011
Ogden is the place to be at the end of January when WinterFest 2011 takes over the city’s Historic 25th Street. This year’s event takes place on January 28th and 29th, and as in year’s past, snow will be trucked in from the mountains to create a bona-fide snowpack on the pavement for all manner of…
The Front Ogden grand opening and Dead Point Climbing Comp
The Front climbing gym has recently opened a new location in Ogden, (read my review here) and they’re celebrating with a grand opening party and climbing competition. Every year The Front hosts the Dead Point Climbing Competition at its Salt Lake City location. But the contest will head to Ogden as part of The Front’s…
The Front opens new indoor climbing gym in Ogden
Ogden has become an outdoors epicenter in Utah in recent years, and now the city can chalk another new facility to its growing list of outdoor-related venues. The Front opened a brand new indoor climbing gym near downtown. It’s the third location for The Front along with Salt Lake and Boise, and this new gym…
Watch “Revolver” ski movie for free in Ogden
Salomon, along with the Alpine Sports ski shop, is hosting a free screening of the new Poor Boyz Production ski movie, “Revolver.” This pre-season movie screening is part of a parking lot party and autograph session with one of the film’s star skiers, Sammy Carlson, who will be there to meet everybody. The event takes…