08/10/2026
This time of year we notice a number of people lighting up our three different Big Nasty pages, wondering what the story is with the legendary Big Nasty Hillclimb, an event that ran from 2004 to 2022 and at it's peak in 2012, drew 13,200 spectators and sold nearly 1,000 camping passes.
We stopped running the Nasty because the hill was getting really torn up and spectator counts were dropping. A lot of events, including the Big Nasty, were greatly harmed by the Covid 19 nonsense in 2020 and 2021, and most, including the Nasty, never really recovered.
We have continued growing and refining Utah's only hillclimb, X-12, and it happens every year on the first weekend in May. It is the world's longest, tallest hillclimb and is part of the Rockwell Pro Hillclimb Series. www.x12events.com
As far as the Big Nasty, we own the name and we were this-close to bringing it back in 2027. We had the PERFECT location lined up on a 400 acre ranch near Council, Idaho. Then came a sad call last week that family issues had closed that door, so we are now back to the drawing board. There is no such thing as a perfect location. Our former site had a lot of plusses, and several major minuses. The goal now is finding a location that is even better, and therefore even NASTIER!
The Nasty WILL come back. It was too cool not to. When it does, it will be cooler than ever, since hillclimbing was always only part of the Big Nasty Weekend. Remember some of the wild stuff that we did? V-8 chainsaws, mechanical bulls, pro bull ride competitions, mud drags, Razor races, fireworks, pumpkin cannons and more. When we return (2028 fingers and toes crossed) we will bring something new that will be mind-blowing. That's what the Big Nasty always was, go big or go home.
And WHERE will it be? We have a couple more ranchers near Council that we are talking with and there are several possibilities near Horseshoe Bend. There is a spectacular property in Oregon that we are trying to buy.
