10 Awome Gay Ski Weeks You Don’t Want to Miss | Two Bad Tourists

Contents:

• THE ULTIMATE GUI TO GAY SKI WEEKS AROUND THE WORLD
• THE 10 BT GAY SKIG VATNS
• 10 GAY SKI WEEKS AND WTER PRI CELEBRATNS
• EUROPE’S BIGGT GAY SKI WEEK TAK PLACE THE GAY IENDLY SKI RORT OF TIGN
• ON THE PK N: A GAY SKIG TRIP TO FRANCE

THE ULTIMATE GUI TO GAY SKI WEEKS AROUND THE WORLD

When I talk to iends about potentially attendg a Gay Ski Week this year, they still ask, “What is a Gay Ski Week?

"Gay ski weeks” origated the 1970s, when queer ski clubs Chigo and var California ci started ngregatg annually Aspen. In those tim, the events were not much more than a sual get together over some après-ski beers, gay ski weeks over time veloped to more flhed-out happengs wh full-blown parti, drag shows, edy nights, live mic, and charable fundraisg ponents.

THE 10 BT GAY SKIG VATNS

If you’re terted learng a b more about diversy on the slop this season, here are a few gay ski weeks to check out. Miguel Mendoza/ElevatnElevatn Ski Week: MammothMammoth, California, USA“It’s a whole vibe, ” said Eric Bog, a skier om Los Angel who has attend Mammoth Gay Ski Week multiple tim. ” Put on by gay party productn pany Elevatn for over twenty years, Mammoth Gay Ski Week attracts a large Southern California ntgent ( part bee ’s pretty ted to get there om the East Coast).

Karsten Wegeart/UnsplashAspen Gay Ski WeekAspen, Colorado, USAThe alpha and the omega of gay ski weeks, Aspen Gay Ski Week has been nng for over forty-five years, and grew out of those sual gathergs that began the 1970’s. Aspen Gay Ski Week is also the annual fundraisg event for AspenOUT, a non-prof muny anizatn that provis support and servic to LGBTQ+ people across the Aspen valley. Telluri Gay Ski WeekTelluri, Colorado, USAIf Aspen is the OG of gay ski weeks, then Telluri is the up-and-er.

And if you’re a fan of Olympic etyle skier and Telluri lol G Kenworthy, you may want to add this gay ski week to your erary—mor has he mak an unofficial appearance most years. Arosa Gay Ski WeekArosa, SwzerlandIf you aren’t faiar wh the idyllic Swiss village of Arosa, then get wh the program—while don’t offer the most thrillg terra relative to the rt of the Alps, ’s large enough to explore over multiple days, is easily nnected via tram to the neighborg village of Lenzerhei, and is easily accsed via a two-hour tra om the Zürich airport.

10 GAY SKI WEEKS AND WTER PRI CELEBRATNS

Pl, wh only about six hundred atten, has a much more timate atmosphere than some of the larger, longer-nng gay ski weeks. Leo Mens/UnsplashGay Ski Week HakubaHakuba, JapanJapan’s legendary powr dumps and rich après-ski culture (onsen dip then steamg hot ramen, anyone?

This gay ski week also offers plenty of activi for non-skiers, as well, cludg yoga, snowmobilg, and, of urse, karaoke.

EUROPE’S BIGGT GAY SKI WEEK TAK PLACE THE GAY IENDLY SKI RORT OF TIGN

Ntled high the French Alps and wh over 1, 000 participants each year, Europe’s largt gay ski week has bee somethg of an stutn—’s even sponsored by the gay datg app, Scff. Après-ski ssns and eveng parti are a particular strength for this gay ski week, which attracts a roster of top ejays and drag queens to keep the party gog late to the Pri QueenstownQueenstown, New ZealandSki season only to an end if you let . Jt as the year's closg parti mark the end of summer; wter is soon upon aga brgg wh s own host of gay annual events – namely an ternatnal array of gay ski weeks.

Whether you're a virg skier, slope master or even jt there for the parti, gay ski weeks have somethg h and fun to offer. An LGBT+ ski event, often referred to as a gay ski week, is an anized event at a ski rort specifilly for the LGBT+ muny. Gay ski weeks n attract hundreds or even thoands of atten and the anizers put on a variety of shows, parti and gathergs throughout the event.

ON THE PK N: A GAY SKIG TRIP TO FRANCE

If you're a rear of our blog then you know we love gay pris, LGBT+ parti & events and wter sports. So what better way to celebrate than to attend a gay ski week – our absolute favore wter activy! Packg for a gay ski week will not only volve typil warm wter gear but you may also be enuraged to pack stum for themed events.

All gay ski events host a variety of activi and events so be sure to check the schle to see if you need to pack any special outfs, gear or stum.

European Gay Ski Week is s 14th year and tak place the French Alps brgg crowds om across Europe. Durg the daytime, there is an exclive European Gay Ski Week ski school and also guid groups that you n jo. Then for lunch, you n meet other European Gay Ski Week guts at their signated lunchtime rtrants.

Queenstown Wter Pri is the largt and perhaps the only major gay ski event south of the equator. Durg the last week January, the Swiss Alps will heat up as LGBT+ people om across Europe e together to celebrate Arosa Gay Ski Week.