An LGBTQ party on the slop at Gay Ski Week Telluri, Colorado - The Washgton Post

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.

THE ULTIMATE GUI TO GAY SKI WEEKS AROUND THE WORLD

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. 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. 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.

AN LGBTQ PARTY ON THE SLOP AT TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK

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.

THE 10 BT GAY SKIG HOLIDAYS

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.

GAY PRIS 2023 AND 2024

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?

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

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