The Zions Bank Top of the Mountains Bowl is one of eight bowl games sanctioned by the National Junior College Athletic Association. The bowl committee's objectives are to showcase the talents of amateur athletes from Snow College and another junior college, to give athletes an opportunity to play in a first class venue and environment and to raise money for higher education scholarships and medical care for children.

Zions Bank is the title sponsor and has agreed to be the bowl's primary underwriter for the first three years. Rice-Eccles Stadium, located on the campus of the University of Utah, is the bowl site. Snow College will be the home team each year as long the football team finishes 6-4 or better. The Snow College football team is a perennial power in the NJCAA. They have finished in the top 20 for the past four seasons, including a second-ranked finish following the 2006 season.