Snowbasin Blog

Top Name Performers Include Dwight Yoakam, Martin Sexton, Sam Bush, Dave Mason and More – Snowbasin has been home to numerous national and international sporting events. This summer, the resort has embarked on a two-day music festival featuring national acts including Dwight Yoakam, Martin Sexton, Sam Bush, and other top-name performers.

The Way Out West Music Festival at Snowbasin will feature two-days of non-stop entertainment, with gates opening at 10am on Saturday and Sunday.  In addition to main stage performances, a second stage will feature local and regional entertainers including Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music (OFOAM). The festival area will include a number of specialty booths, beer gardens and food concessions. The gondola will also be open during the event, however, no bikes will be allowed on the godonal on Aug. 7-8. Bikes will be allowed on most trails, althought the trails behind the venue will be closed.

In addition to Dwight Yoakam the headling act performing Sunday night, the star-studded line-up for WOWFest also includes: Martin Sexton, Sam Bush, Dave Mason, Junior Brown, Trevor Green, Robben Ford, Cow Bop, Jonathan McEuen, and many more.

The final line-up is posted at: www. snowbasin.com/wow, and tickets are now available at the Grizzly Center at Snowbasin with no service charge (Fri., Sat., Sun.), Golden Spike Harley Davidson on Riverdale Road, and at: www.24tix.com.  Tickets are $65 for one day or $100 for the entire weekend. Group discounts for six or more, and VIP tickets ($90 per day) are also available on-line. For children 12 and under as well as active duty military with ID, tickets are $50 for one day or $85 for two days.

Snowbasin is located just east of downtown Ogden, and 35 miles north of Salt Lake City. Lodging is available nearby at Lakeside Resort Properties, Ogden Marriott and surrounding properties. Camping is available at nearby campgrounds.  Limited RV parking will be available. The event is being produced by ieconcerts.com, and sponsored by Snowbasin, KSOP, City Weekly, KCSG, Swire Coca-Cola, Wasatch Distributing, Standard-Examiner and Bank of Utah.

For more information, call (801) 620-1000 or visit: www.snowbasin.com/wow or www.wayoutwestfestival.com

The WOWFest (Way Out West Music Festival) is the inaugural event for an annual festival to be held at Snowbasin.
The two-day show has been schedule for Saturday and Sunday, August 7-8, 2010, and  features Dwight Yoakam : Martin Sexton : Sam Bush : Dave Mason : Robben Ford : Jonathan McEuen : Cow Bop : Trever Green : No Where Man & Whisky Girl : Fred Schmitt : Jesse Rodgers and a second stage featuring many others.
The festival will showcase an array of arts-n-crafts from the surrounding area as well as food, beer gardens, activities, beautiful scenery, and a 5-star concert.
For tickets & more info: www.24tix.com.

Hear ye’, hear ye! The great people of Ogden, world-class facilities at Snowbasin Resort and majestic Wasatch Range combined to do what no other venue in the history of XTERRA has done before.

First, they rallied the community into hosting an off-road triathlon. Then, they turned that race from a local grassroots affair into a major regional event on the XTERRA Tour. And now, they’re hosting the XTERRA USA Championship, the biggest race on the XTERRA America Tour. Indeed, the culminating event in the 60-race U.S. series.

Come September 26, some 50 pros – Olympians, Adventure Racing World Champs, Mountain Biking Legends alike – will be in town to race for $80,000 in prize money. Dozens of cameraman will position themselves around Wheeler Canyon to capture all the action for a nationally syndicated one-hour sports special. Amateur athletes from nearly every state in the union will travel here to chase their dreams and race for the XTERRA National Championship crown.

And the XTERRA Utah off-road triathlon, featuring a 750m swim, 19km mountain bike, and 5km trail run, will take place on the same day, at the same time (well, 20 minutes later), and on the same course.

Utah is where it’s at, and we want you to join us and make this thing the most rockin’ off-road tri festival ever. In addition to the off-road tris we’re putting on the XTERRA Wheeler Canyon 21k that runs from Pineview Reservoir to Snowbasin Resort, the XTERRA K9 Challenge owner-and-dog races, the Paul Mitchell Cut-a-thon, Kids Zone, Pro Clinics, Expo, party under the stars in downtown Ogden with highlight videos, great food, live music, and good vibes. It’s all part of the annual Mountain 2 Metro games which are running simultaneously with a host of activities and events for the whole family.

If you do one event this year, make this it.