WINTER X GAME

A commercial sporting event wherein the focus is on extreme sports - Winter X Games are organized by ESPN - one of the pioneers in the world of sports broadcasting, in the United States of America in January or February. While this is the winter version of X Games, its summer season version - the Summer X Games, are held in July in the United States. Winter X Games were held for the first time at Mountain Resort in Big Bear Lake, California, in 1997. Since then the popularity of this sporting event has increased manifolds. After being held at Crested Butte Mountain Resort (Colorado) and Mount Snow (Vermont) for two years each, the Games venue was shifted to Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado, in 2002 - where they are held even today.

Winter X Games 2011 Dates

As we mentioned earlier, this year the Winter X Games will be held at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado, between 27th January to 30th January. Given below is the Winter X Games 2011 schedule which will help you plan your weekend in an appropriate manner so that you don't miss out on any of these events.

Thursday 27th January 2011
Time     Event
10:00 AM     Skiing Slopestyle Men's Elimination
11:30 AM     Snowmobile Freestyle Elimination
01:00 PM     Skiing Slopestyle Women's Final
07:00 PM     Snowmobile Freestyle Round One
07:00 PM     Snowboard SuperPipe Men's Elimination
08:30 PM     Snowmobile Freestyle Final
09:00 PM     Skiing SuperPipe Women's Final

Friday 28th January 2011
Time     Event
09:30 AM     Snowboard Snowboarder X Men's & Women's Qualifying
11:00 AM     Snowboard Slopestyle Men's Elimination
12:00 PM     Skiing Skier X Men's & Women's Qualifying
02:00 PM     Snowmobile Speed & Style Seeding
04:45 PM     Skiing SuperPipe Men's Final
05:15 PM     Snowboard Best Method Final
06:15 PM     Snowmobile Speed & Style Quarterfinals
06:45 PM     Snowboard Big Air Elimination
07:30 PM     Snowmobile Speed & Style Semifinal & Final
08:00 PM     Snowboard Big Air Final

Saturday 29th January 2011
Time     Event
09:30 AM     Mono Skier X Qualifying
10:00 AM     Snowboard SuperPipe Women's Elimination
12:00 PM     Snowboard Snowboarder X Men's Final
02:00 PM     Snowboard Snowboarder X Women's Final
02:30 PM     Skiing Slopstyle Men's Final
06:00 PM     Snowboard Street Final
07:00 PM     Skiing Big Air Elimination
07:45 PM     Snowboard SuperPipe Women's Final
08:30 PM     Skiing Big Air Final

Sunday 30th January 2011
Time     Event
10:30 AM     Snowboard Slopestyle Women's Final
11:15 AM     Skiing Skier X Men's & Women's Final
11:30 AM     Snowmobile SnoCross Round One
12:15 PM     Snowmobile SnoCross Last Chance Qualifier
12:45 PM     Snowmobile SnoCross Adaptive Final
01:15 PM     Snowmobile SnoCross Final
01:45 PM     Snowboard Slopestyle Men's Final
03:00 PM     Mono Skier X Semifinal
03:45 PM     Mono Skier X Final
05:30 PM     Snowmobile Best Trick Final
06:30 PM     Snowboard SuperPipe Men's Final
*Please note that the time mentioned here is the Mountain Standard Time (MST).