Bigfoot Snowshoe Festival
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Event overview
The Bigfoot Snowshoe Festival is a winter trail event scheduled for January 31, 2026, in Midway, Utah. Races start and finish at Wasatch Mountain State Park. The festival includes multiple distances held on snow-covered trails and uses snowshoes or other traction systems.
Race distances and format
- 50K
- Marathon
- 25K
- 15K
- 10K
- 5K
The 15K consists of one 10K loop on a golf course followed by a 5K single-track mountain loop. Any snowshoe or traction system is allowed, but overall-award eligibility requires participants to wear snowshoes for the entire distance.
Additional details
Snowshoe rentals are available at the visitors center at Wasatch Mountain State Park, at BYU Outdoor Rental (near the BYU football stadium), and at REI. The visitors center rental is listed at $3 for participants who are with the race. The 2025 edition of the festival was the event's 17th year and recorded over 100 finishers across the six distances. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.