Events · January 29–31, 2027
X Games Aspen 2027
Three days of snowboard and ski finals at Buttermilk, free by day and ticketed at night. What to know before you plan the weekend.
Photo: pumipon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · All credits
Three days of snowboard and ski finals at Buttermilk, free by day and ticketed at night. What to know before you plan the weekend.
Photo: pumipon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · All credits
X Games returns to Buttermilk, January 29–31, 2027, the 26th year in Aspen and the season opener of the new X Games League. Daytime competition is free until 4 p.m.; evening finals and the concerts need a ticket. There is no parking at Buttermilk, and it is one of the busiest weekends of the Aspen winter.
Dates, free hours, music and disciplines are from the official X Games Aspen 2027 page, checked October 20, 2026; prices from the official ticketing, checked September 2026. Line-ups and schedules can change; we check again in January.
Paul Montiel · Aspen · Updated November 2026
We build the rest of the weekend around it: a driver between Buttermilk, town and the house on finals nights, dinner reservations for the group, a table after the show, and rentals and lift tickets sorted before you land. Send us your dates and group size, or start from X Games Weekend, Handled.
Passes, transport between venues, a table after the finals and a late car home.
Lessons, rentals fitted at the house, lunches, and a quiet evening for the parents.
From the aircraft door to a warm, stocked house, with nothing to carry and nothing to chase.
Free X Games shuttles run continuously from Rubey Park (downtown Aspen), Snowmass Village and the Brush Creek Park & Ride at Highway 82, which has free event parking but fills early on finals days. RFTA Park & Ride lots serve the rest of the valley: Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, El Jebel, Basalt and Willits.
Pick-up and drop-off is at Owl Creek Road and East Buttermilk Road. After the evening finals, demand spikes as thousands leave at once; a car booked in advance is the difference between a five-minute and a fifty-minute wait.
A standard backpack at most (22 × 14 × 9 inches); small coolers and diaper bags are screened. No alcohol, chairs, drones or pets. It's outdoors, rain or shine: dress for a January night at 8,000 feet, and bring a bottle for the refill stations.
X Games weekend fills Aspen and Snowmass. Lodging, airport cars and restaurant tables go weeks in advance.
Many visitors ski in the morning and watch free daytime finals, then go back for the evening session. The lift-ticket add-on makes that easy. The SuperPipe finals draw the biggest crowds; arrive well before the start or watch a less popular discipline first.
General admission is standing room in the cold; the Gold Lounge adds a heated space, food and drinks. With children or older guests, that difference matters by 9 p.m.
X Fest carries brand activations, and the weekend draws press, athletes and creators. If you're bringing a team, the residence, cars and dinners are the hard part to secure.
Daily access is free until 4 p.m. Daytime is the easiest time to watch with children, and it pairs with a morning on the mountain: Buttermilk is one of Aspen Snowmass's four mountains. Which mountains are open, and when.
Evening finals and the concerts need a ticket: general admission or the Gold Lounge. ZHU plays Friday, January 29, and Marshmello Saturday, January 30. The official site warns tickets are likely to sell out.
Everyone leaves Buttermilk at once after the evening session. A shuttle queue or a car arranged in advance at the Owl Creek Road drop-off decides how the night ends.
X Games falls in late January, after the holidays and before Presidents' week and Palm Tree. The whole winter calendar · Aspen in January.
January 29–31, 2027, at Buttermilk Mountain.
Yes. In June 2026 Aspen Snowmass and X Games announced that X Games will be held at Aspen Snowmass for the next three years, with 2027 at Buttermilk as the first winter stop of the new X Games League.
Daytime is free until 4 p.m. Evening competition and the concerts need a ticket: general admission 3-day passes start at $159 and Gold Lounge passes at $1,150.
You don't: there is no parking at Buttermilk. Use the shuttle from Rubey Park in Aspen, an RFTA Park & Ride, or a car dropping at Owl Creek Road and East Buttermilk Road.
ZHU on Friday, January 29, and Marshmello on Saturday, January 30.
A standard backpack up to 22 × 14 × 9 inches, plus screened small coolers or diaper bags. Alcohol, folding chairs, drones and pets are not allowed.
No. Daily access is free until 4 p.m. Tickets are needed for events after 4 p.m., including the evening finals and concerts.
Snowboard and ski competitions in superpipe, big air, slopestyle and knuckle huck.
Take the free X Games shuttles from Rubey Park or Snowmass Village, or a car dropping at the Owl Creek Road drop-off. We arrange drivers for the whole weekend, with pickup timed to the evening finals: private driver in Aspen.
We handle the parts that sell out: a car to Buttermilk and back after the finals, the house ready for your group, rentals and a lesson for the morning, and dinner when the crowds are in town.
Ski in the morning, watch the finals under the lights, and skip the walk to the shuttle. We plan the weekend around Buttermilk: rentals delivered to where you are staying, a driver for the evening sessions, and dinner booked for the nights the town is full.
A car and driver on call for dinner and the night out, so nobody hunts for a taxi at midnight.
Fitted at the residence, not in a shop queue.
Heat, lights, beds and the first evening sorted before you walk in.
Schedule, line-up and ticket changes for January 29–31, 2027. A few emails, only when it matters.
Written from Aspen by Paul Montiel. A few letters a season, only when something matters. Leave any time; we never share your address.Tell us the group and what you want from the weekend. We'll secure the cars, the house and the tables around the finals.
Plan X Games weekend
