ResortQuest Welcomes ESPN to The Inn at Aspen for Winter X Games 15

ResortQuest's Inn at Aspen to serve as official host hotel for the ESPN Winter X Games' television production and event staging operations for the 10th consecutive year.

Sitting square at the foot of Buttermilk Mountain, ResortQuest's Inn at Aspen holds a unique position as the only ski-in/ski-out lodging at Buttermilk Ski Resort in Aspen, Colorado. And since 2002, Buttermilk Mountain has been the official home of the Winter X Games. So, it's only natural that ESPN would select The Inn at Aspen as the base of operations for its television production and event-staging operations for a 10th consecutive year.

Weeks of preparation go into transforming The Inn at Aspen hotel into a broadcasting hub for the highly anticipated four-day event, which will run January 27-30. ESPN crews began converging on the hotel in early January, converting virtually every inch of The Inn at Aspen's 5,000 square feet of meeting space into a high-tech media command center. With more than 43 million viewers tuning in to watch the Winter X Games last year, it is imperative that operations inside the hotel run as cleanly as the performances out on the snow.

In addition to procuring the Inn's ballrooms and conference spaces—including the Tiehack Room, Buttermilk Mountain Room and The Station—ESPN sets up trailers around the property and in the parking lots outside. The Inn at Aspen's onsite banquet services provides catering for all the media and TV production staff staying at the hotel, as well as for the Athlete Lounge.

The Athlete Lounge is located in The Inn at Aspen's picturesque courtyard. In this very exclusive lounge, the competitors relax, refresh and take a break from the extreme action on the slopes and in the pipes. Away from the cameras and the crowds, the athletes can hang out, nosh on a hot meal or compete in video games instead of on the slopes.

The Inn at Aspen hotel is sold out for the week of the Winter X Games, and security around the Inn is justifiably tight. But, ResortQuest invites guests to visit after the Games to experience skiing and boarding on the same mountain where the pros ride. Lodging specials for The Inn at Aspen can be found online at http://www.ResortQuestAspen.com.

Aspen’s Ski Resorts Top Ten of 2010 by Ski Magazine

Ski Magazine has released the best 30 ski resorts in North America for 2010 and Aspen’s infamous “power of four” mountains have taken the cake!

Snowmass Ski Resort ranked #6, Aspen made #7 and Aspen Highlands #10- 3 out of 4 in the top ten! Ya Aspen! And even though sweet & spicy Buttermilk didn’t make the “list” we all know it’s a super cool mountain that hosts the very best in terrain park action and is home to the Winter X GAMES!

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So what are they saying about these infamous resorts?

Snowmass’s Glory and Gripes according to readers, “We love this place.” Stellar natural snow and widespread snowmaking, along with “Great weather—lots of bluebird days,” also help make it “an overall fun place to be.” But it always comes back to the skiing. With one of the longest verticals in America, one of the country’s biggest superpipes, blockbuster powder, plus Lifts, Grooming, Terrain Parks, Terrain Variety, On-Mountain Food, Lodging and Family Programs all ranked in the top 11, Snowmass has legitimate claims to being what readers often call it: the “world’s best ski area.” Read full article

Aspen’s Glory and Gripes according to Ski Magazine readers, The key to under-standing Aspen is counter-intuitive. It’s not about the glitz, though there is plenty. The key to appreciating Aspen is to visit with a less-is-more attitude. The place still feels like a small town. An incredibly glamorous small town, but small nonetheless. And its pleasures are, well, quite simple. You ski. You drink. You dine. Depending on the day, your mood and the snow, you change the percentages of time spent doing each. (Depending on the day, your mood and the snow, you might change the sequence of doing each.) Aspen is, above all, about living the good life, which is defined here as nothing more complex than skiing and socializing. It’s good to see Aspen climb back into the Top 10. Read full Article.

Aspen Highlands’ Glory and Gripes according to Ski Magazine readers, “Readers rave about the terrain—“all the expert runs you can handle”—especially the sweet gladed trees off Boomerang and the fast groomers of Gunbarrel and Golden Horn. But it’s the Bowl that truly wows—a 45-minute hike up a knife ridge delivers you, panting, to the top of the steepest, snowiest inbounds terrain in the state. “Hiking the Bowl is incredible,” says a reader. “It’s like being on Everest.” Not really, but the 360-degree view of the iconic Maroon Bells and Elk Mountains from the summit is so astounding—No. 3 in Scenery—it alone is worth the sweat. Not into earning your turns? Don’t worry. Lift lines are nonexistent, as you “ski onto all the chairs almost every day.” Read the Full Article.

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