Hig Roberts’ life is ‘gentler and easier’ sce g out as gay skier - Outsports

Contents:

• 6 GAY SKI WEEKS THAT WILL ADD SOME HEAT TO YOUR WTER
• THE ULTIMATE GUI TO GAY SKI WEEKS AROUND THE WORLD
• AN LGBTQ PARTY ON THE SLOP AT TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK
• HIG ROBERTS SAYS LIFE IS ‘GENTLER AND EASIER’ SCE G OUT AS GAY LAST MONTH
• THE 10 BT GAY SKIG HOLIDAYS
• GAY PRIS 2023 AND 2024
• GAY SKI WEEK RETURNS TO PARK CY FOR SOLD OUT 13TH YEAR

6 GAY SKI WEEKS THAT WILL ADD SOME HEAT TO YOUR WTER

The ma hub of town is a small pensular mercial district on the lake lled Lake Arrowhead Village, where you’ll fd a very nice hotel, the very gay-iendly Lake Arrowhead Rort & Spa—which is part of Marrtt’s Autograph Collectn and is arguably the fancit and most romantic lodgg optn the regn. You’re not gog to fd any gay bars per se this town (or anywhere up the mountas, for that matter, although durg Big Bear Romp, Stillwells (which often has live mic) at the Lodge at Big Bear Lake and Nottghams at Robhood Rort are the se of several events and gathergs. There are several hotels right the heart of town, cludg the Lodge at Big Bear Lake–a Holiday Inn Rort, which is a host of the gay Big Bear Romp each Augt and has ntemporary lodge-style rooms and su, a lotn wh walkg distance of downtown rtrants and the lake (but not an actual lake lotn), pl a rtrant, bar, gym, outdoor pool, billiards room, and other helpful ameni.

THE ULTIMATE GUI TO GAY SKI WEEKS AROUND THE WORLD

Soon after the December holidays wrap and the New Year kicks off, gay ski weeks beg to st a rabow glow over the snow-whe slop of Ameri’s most popular ski mountas. After the OG gay ski week was found Aspen nearly five s ago, rort towns om Vermont’s Green Mountas to the Cas Range of Oregon have tablished their own buzzy events that be the thrill of wter sports wh the zs of après ski social gathergs, while simultaneoly fundraisg for LGBTQIA+ anizatns and . Though the gay ski weeks of 2020 and 2021 nceled -person celebratns due to the panmic, many of them will be back for the upg ski season.

And we uld not be more ready to h the, Colorado: January 16-23, 2022Aspen Gay Ski Week is the largt and longt-nng gay ski event the Wtern Hemisphere, and still sets the bar for all the other ftivals that have sce joed the circu of LGBTQIA+ wter happengs. Produced by lol non-prof AspenOUT, Aspen Gay Ski Week will be celebratg s 45th anniversary wh a jam-packed lendar of fundraisg events, such as drag bgo, a downhill stume petn, a wboy rave, and a pool, Vermont: January 19-23, 2022The impossibly quat village of Stowe has hosted Wter Renzvo Ski Week for 38 years, but this year’s celebratn is promisg to make up for an abbreviated schle 2021.

AN LGBTQ PARTY ON THE SLOP AT TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK

While the full lendar of this year’s events hasn’t been announced yet, Utah’s only gay ski week is set to pull out all the stops wh a r wele party, multiple drag shows, boozy après ski gathergs, and more. Telluri, Colorado: Febary 26-March 5, 2022Though wter sports pros drool over Telluri’s 147 ns and a 4, 500-foot vertil drop all season, more than 1, 000 revelers of all backgrounds e each year to celebrate Telluri Gay Ski Week.

Mammoth Lak, California: March 15-20, 2022Found by Tom Whman, the now-ternatnal Elevatn brand is celebratg 20 years sce s gural Elevatn Mammoth Gay Ski Week Mammoth Lak.

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

HIG ROBERTS SAYS LIFE IS ‘GENTLER AND EASIER’ SCE G OUT AS GAY LAST MONTH

"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.

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.

THE 10 BT GAY SKIG HOLIDAYS

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. 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. 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.

GAY PRIS 2023 AND 2024

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 . 2, 2024Utah LGBTQ Ski Week/Park Cy Gay Ski Week/Salt Lake Gay Ski Week – Usually late Febary-early March, but 2024 dat TBAHenrson NV LGBTQ Pri – May 6, 2023Mohave County Pri/Kgman AZ LGBTQ Pri – May 20-21, 2023Fort Colls LGBTQ Pri/Northern Colorado Pri – June 1, 2023Salt Lake Cy LGBTQ Pri/Utah Pri – June 1-4, 2023Salida LGBTQ Pri/Ark Valley Pri – June 2-4, 2023Mounta Pri/Vail LGBTQ Pri/Eagle County CO LGBTQ Pri – June 3, 2023Albuquerque LGBTQ Pri – June 9-10, 2023Laramie LGBTQ Pri/Wyomg LGBTQ Pri – June 9-17, 2023Casper LGBTQ Pri – June 10, 2023Tw Falls LGBTQ Pri/Southern Idaho LGBTQ Pri – June 10, 2023Colorado Sprgs LGBTQ Pri/Pik Peak Pri – June 10-11, 2023Boulr Colorado LGBTQ Pri/Boulr PriFt – June 11, 2023Cor d’Alene LGBTQ Pri/North Idaho LGBTQ Pri – Usually mid-June, but 2023 dat TBABisbee Arizona LGBTQ Pri – June 15-19, 2023Missoula LGBTQ Pri – June 16-18, 2023Flagstaff LGBTQ Pri/Pri the P – June 17, 2023Potello LGBTQ Pri/Southeastern Idaho LGBTQ Pri – Usually mid-June, but 2023 dat TBACheyenne LGBTQ Pri – Usually mid- to late June, but 2023 dat TBASanta Fe LGBTQ Pri – June 23-24, 2023Billgs LGBTQ Pri/406 Pri – June 24, 2023Idaho Falls LGBTQ Pri - June 24, 2023Denver LGBTQ Pri – June 24-25, 2023Jackson Hole LGBTQ Pri/Teton Pri – Usually mid-July, but 2023 dat TBASandpot ID LGBTQ Pri – July 14-15, 2023Northern Nevada LGBTQ Pri/Lake Tahoe LGBTQ Pri/Reno LGBTQ Pri – July 22, 2023Big Sky LGBTQ Pri/Montana LGBTQ Pri/Helena LGBTQ Pri – July 30-Aug.

Some might say ASGW (Aspen Gay Ski Week) was and is the first form of LGBTQ+ Pri Aspen. Fd out why Condé Naste lls “The alpha and the omega of gay ski weeks.” We are exced to show you why we’ve earned that acla.

Aspen, Colorado, January 15-22Home to the world’s first and longt nng gay ski week, AGSW celebrat s 46th year this January. Photo by Ala Wong on UnsplashStowe, Vermont, January 18-22Dubbed “the bt gay ski week the east, ” Stowe’s annual wter Pri ftival draws hundreds of LGBTQ+ skiers and rirs of every level for five days of explorg the rort’s 116 trails. This year, Utah Gay Ski Week featur guid skig and ridg at Park Cy and nearby Deer Valley as well as themed stume aprés-ski meet-ups, dners, and dance parti.

GAY SKI WEEK RETURNS TO PARK CY FOR SOLD OUT 13TH YEAR

For 2023, SBG Productns (producers of the ski town’s blu and jazz ftivals) tak over Telluri Gay Ski Week. 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.