The biggest festival of adventure sports, art, and music, held annually. There are competitions in biking, climbing, fishing, kayaking, slacklining, standup paddling, rafting, running, disc golf, and even events for dogs.
Each year, thousands of pro and amateur adventure athletes converge upon the mountains and rivers of Vail to compete in 11 adventure sport disciplines and more than 30 competitions including kayaking, running, slackline, DockDogs, rafting, SUP’ing, mountain and road cycling, climbing, fishing, disc golf, and more. The total cash prize purse distributed each year exceeds $135,000, however, you do not need to be gunning for the podium to participate. Event competition is open to Pros and Joes of ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. And if burning lungs at an altitude of 8000’+ isn’t your thing, come for the Festival environment and immerse yourself in all that the Mountain Games and Vail have to offer.
The competitions are just the beginning. The event also features a variety of art, the CoLab Creator Stage, over 100 sponsor activations and the Mountains of Music concert series. Mountains of Music consists of free live music on multiple temporary stages each day followed by large, ticketed concerts at the beautiful Gerald Ford Amphitheater on Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights.
Date: June 6-9, 2024
Location: Vail Village, CO
More information: mountaingames.com
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