It appears like Vail, Colo., will likely be much more enjoyable than traditional this summer season. Every June, the ski city’s GoPro Mountain Video games hosts a lineup of competitions throughout 11 outside sports activities. And after record-breaking attendance final yr — 95,000 spectators and greater than 5,000 registered athletes — the occasion goals to stage up in 2025.
For starters, this yr’s video games promise extra competitions, together with first-ever occasions for velocity climbing and ultrarunning. The competitors can even be fiercer than ever all through the varied occasions, due to the Mountain Video games Inaugural Athlete Group. These 9 sponsored athletes, chosen by scouts throughout final yr’s video games, will compete in lots of the 35 competitions lined up this yr, together with biking, kayaking, and climbing.
Operating from June 5 to eight, registration for this yr’s Mountain Video games opens this Wednesday, Feb. 5. Early hen pricing is accessible by way of April 1. With up to date programs — and the always-popular canine competitions — organizers hope to see you there.
“The Mountain Video games aren’t only for athletes,” Dave Dressman, occasion director for the Vail Valley Basis, stated in a launch. “If testing your lung capability at 8,150 toes isn’t your cup of tea, you’ll be able to nonetheless come to spectate, take heed to dwell music, hang around with the canine, and benefit from the model activations and Rocky Mountain vibes.”
GoPro Mountain Video games: What’s New in 2025
Many athletes will come away from this yr’s video games with some more money of their pockets, due to the $140,000 in prizes given away to winners of the 11 sports activities represented in varied occasions. These embody path operating, climbing, whitewater, biking, disc golf, fishing, yoga, and slackline.
Did we point out the occasions for doggies? The canine competitions are additionally coming again this yr, with snout-to-snout “duels” in swimming, leaping, and operating.
Right here’s the rundown of this yr’s additions:
- Velocity climbing: This yr will get a devoted velocity climbing competitors, in partnership with USA Climbing and sponsored by YETI. This peculiar subdiscipline of climbing has turn into one of many fastest-growing Olympic sports activities.
- Ultrarunning: The inaugural Vail Extremely is a 50-mile, mixed-surface course from Vail Mountain to the highest of Vail Cross and again. Web proceeds profit 50 for the Fallen, a nonprofit offering psychological well being companies to veterans and their households. This occasion will kick off the 2025 GoPro Mountain Video games, with runners beginning at 5 a.m. on Thursday, June 5.
- Cellular app: This yr can even see the launch of the Mountain Video games cell app. It goals to assist spectators construct customized schedules, discover maps, and study concerning the occasion’s varied choices.
It wouldn’t be a Colorado mountain city pageant with out some dwell music, and this yr’s lineup for the Mountains of Music will go arduous. The funky brass band of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will headline Mountains of Music, with help from Bonfire Dub, on June 5 on the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater. Molly Tuttle & Golden Freeway joins the California Honeydrops on the stage on June 6.
Lastly, the CoLab Stage returns for the third yr. This a part of the pageant places a highlight on different creators, musicians, athletes, and outside personalities, organizers stated. It contains dwell artwork and extra dwell music.
For added particulars, registration, or tickets, go to the Mountain Video games web site.
