LIVIGNO, Italy — Getting from the center of the Winter Games in Milan to this ski resort just a few miles from the Swiss border can be a thrill ride on its own, requiring hairpin turns through steep mountain passes befitting the Olympic events that will take place here when you finally arrive.

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Aspen has hosted Winter X Games since 2002, making this week’s edition the 25th straight at Buttermilk. And, with a subtle comment to close out Thursday’s pre-event press conference, it sounds like it could be around for another quarter century.

X Games has come a long way since it first came to Aspen 25 years ago — and the town appears to be in the plans for the event’s continued evolution.

Snowboarder Scotty James parlayed a never-before-landed trick combination into his fifth straight X Games title on the halfpipe Saturday and tied Shaun White with eight overall gold medals at the biggest event this side of the Olympics.

Great Britain’s Zoe Atkin overcame the elements on Friday night to win women’s halfpipe skiing gold at X Games Aspen, making it clear she is a gold-medal threat for next month’s Winter Olympics in Italy.

At X Games Aspen 2026, veterans Mark McMorris and Scotty James continued to dominate, rookies Jessica Perlmutter and Indra Brown emerged, and snowmobiles returned.

ASPEN, Colorado His third-place finish at the Winter X Games two years ago was anything but a fluke. And he knows it.Im due, man, said skicross rider Chris DelBosco. Ive been knocking at the door. I feel really good.Vails DelBosco hopes to feed of his ...

Silverthorne’s Red Gerard claims second career X Games gold medal in Aspen Silverthorne’s Red Gerard earned his second X Games gold medal on the final day of the winter X Games in