Gretchen Bleiler - US Snowboarding Silver Medalist - Breckenridge, CO ©

The Gretchen Bleiler Show.

Gretchen Bleiler, a 26-year-old snowboarder with the face of an angel and the work ethic of a Clydesdale. Glam without trying, Bleiler is also real without effort—and sexy in snowboard pants. All of which left us with no choice but to develop our own Bleiler project, a six-episode season that opens in Breckenridge, Colo., and leads up to the cliff-hanger finale: Winter X. The Games are in Aspen, after all, where Bleiler is a one-name star and, literally, the girl next door. Soon enough, local store windows will fill with "Go Gretchen!" signs, Gretchen's Chocolate Espresso Martini will be the hottest pour at local hot spot Toppers, and Aspenites in "Gretchen Rocks!" T's will flood Buttermilk Mountain. Winter X might be the most important contest of the snow-sports season, but in reality, it's just another episode of The Gretchen Bleiler Show.

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