The X-Games, Good and Bad
The weekend was a busy one filled with the excitement and craziness of the X-Games, which ends today. My daughters and I went over yesterday to check out the scene. We took the bus from Snowmass, which made it very easy and convenient to get there and back.
Walking into the area, there were many promotional booths, with products and athletes. My daughter’s pick-up a variety of posters and several athletes were even there to sign them. Their bedrooms are now decorated with extreme sports posters! The best booth was Edge Shaving Cream. There you could choose a scene of a snowboarder, motorcycle or 4-wheeler and get your picture taken doing an extreme move. We each had one taken on a different background and have them proudly displayed in our living room. I just hope my daughters never really try these extreme sports!
As for the Mountain Chalet, we had a few people that come in for the X-Games but most of our guests have been coming for many years and will never go over to Buttermilk for the X-Games. Unfortunately those few X-Games guests decided they had to make the nights miserable for other guests staying here. On Friday and Saturday nights, they came back after heavy drinking, and turned our quiet Chalet into a college frat house, screaming, yelling and race up and down the halls. I have no problem with them enjoying themselves or drinking but I do believe they should respect other guests and hotel property. That is my biggest concern with bringing the X-Games back each year as it brings a group of people that really belong on a college campus, not a classy resort. I apologize to all of our regular, wonderful guests for the wild weekend and promise there will be changes in the future to ensure you do not have the same experience next year!