Buttermilk

Putting the “X” on Colorado for the past few years, Buttermilk is the home of the X-Games through 2010. Have you ever turned the TV on and seen people bringing it on steeps or videogame-worth half pipes? Yeah, that’s probably Buttermilk. One of Vail’s legendary mountains, Buttermilk may not be a name you’re familiar with, but you’ll know the snow as soon as you see it. Look to their runs for the tracks of true Olympians and X-Game winners of the past decade. January is the time for the highly televised games, but every day the ski and boarding area is open people are shredding gnarly powder and sick pipes.