The games featured participants from the United States, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Japan, New Zealand, France, Switzerland, Italy, and Australia.

There was also a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive exhibition tournament organized by Major League Gaming.

The games began on Wednesday, January 21 with the first event, the Women's Ski Superpipe.

In the Mono Skier Final, American Chris Devlin-Young came in first place and Brandon Adam came in second.

[4] The third day began with the Men's and Women's Snowboarder X Quarterfinal, Semifinal, and Final.

In the men's final, Canadian Kevin Hill came in first place followed by Italian Omar Visintin and American Nate Holland.

In the men's final, Nick Goepper came in first, Joss Christensen came in second, and Alex Bellemare came in third place.

In the Women's SuperPipe final, fourteen-year-old American snowboarder Chloe Kim came in first place, making her the youngest person to ever win gold at the Winter X Games.