Mountain to Metro starts Friday

OGDEN — The transformation from railroad town to outdoors paradise takes another step this weekend as Ogden hosts two days of activities, competitions and expos.

The Mountain to Metro weekend features a little bit of everything. From kayak races down the Class III and IV rapids of the Ogden River to a twilight criterium for road cyclists, the weekend will keep people busy.

It all starts Friday night with a cyclocross race at the Ogden Amphitheater as well as demonstrations of BMX cyclists, aerial trampolines, acrobats and longboarders.

There is an outdoors film festival as well as a climbing wall and mountain expo.

Things really get hopping, though, on Saturday in downtown Ogden with a gear swap, farmers market and a full afternoon of bike racing around the municipal block. The four-corner criterium features a $2,500 purse and has races that will attract the best cyclists in the state — not to mention some of the youngest, as even children will have a chance to race their bikes around the block in a free kids race and fun run.

Saturday's kayak race will take participants down the Ogden River starting at 11 a.m. After that, there's a 7-mile trail run along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail at 3 p.m.

For more information, visit Mountain2Metro.com.

List of events

Friday, Sept. 26

Downtown Ogden Amphitheater

6-8 p.m.

Urban Cross — cyclocross race, registration 4 p.m., citizens cross 6 p.m., pros cross 7 p.m.

6-9 p.m.

Anti-Gravity Utah performing the aerial assault trampoline demo. Big kicker ramp demos from BMX and streetboarders, Kahuna Creation longboard demos, climbing wall by Ogden Climbing Parks, disk Frisbee golf

6-9 p.m.

M2M's Mountain EXPO

Saturday, Sept. 27

Historic 25th Street

8-11 a.m.

Show Us Your Rack gear swap

11 a.m.-1 p.m.

M2M downriver kayak race, registration 9:30-10 a.m. Big D Sports Park; put in at Indian Trail Head, take out at Big D Park

1-7 p.m.

Bingham's Cyclery M2M criterium, registration 12:30 p.m., women's 1/2/3/4, 1 p.m.; juniors 1:50 p.m.; masters 45+/55+, 2:30 p.m.; masters 35+ 3:15 p.m.; men's cat 4/5 4 p.m., men's cat 3 4:45 p.m., pro 1/2 6 p.m.

3-5 p.m.

Striders 7-mile trail run, registration 1-2:30 p.m., buses leave 2:40 p.m.; 5:30-6 p.m. Free kids races, kids criterium

and kids fun run (bike and helmet required for kids criterium)

Information: Mountain2Metro.com