Telluri Gay Ski Week 2011 Readi For Icy Hot, Wet and Wild Week

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• TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK
• 2010 TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK REP: HEAVEN ON EARTH?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY MATTHEW LKMARCH 15, 2010/5:39 PMBY MATTHEW LKMARCH 15, 2010 / 5:39 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"2010 TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK REP: HEAVEN ON EARTH?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-03-15T21:39:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-03-15T21:39:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MATTHEW LK","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN FRED PHELPS (AKA THE “GOD HATE FAGS” GUY) GOT WD THAT JUDY SHEPHERD (MOTHER OF SLA MATTHEW SHEPHERD) WOULD BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT A FUNDRAISG DNER AT THE TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK, THE BIGOT THREATENED A FULL-ON PROTT AT THIS NORMALLY MELLOW COLORADO MOUNTA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELLURI, BETTER KNOWN FOR S STUNNG SCENERY AND UPSLE LOG MANSNS, WAS ALL ABUZZ WH SELDOM-SEEN NTROVERSY. FRED AND HIS ILK NEVER DID SHOW UP (N THEY EVEN SKI?), BUT A LORFUL UNTER-PROTT DID OCCUR, WH GUYS FUR ATS AND SWIM TNKS HOLDG SIGNS THAT READ “BEE WE N’T HATE OURSELV, WE HATE CELERY!” AND “CELERY: JT A VEHICLE FOR RANCH?” THE PERFECT ABSURDY OF THE CELERY PROTT WAS A BIG H, MAKG THE ONT PAGE OF THE TELLURI DAILY PLA. THE LOLS LOVED , PROVG JT HOW GAY-IENDLY THIS LIBERAL, HIPPIE-LOVG TOWN EMBRAC S QUEER VISORS AND THEIR SKI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’VE BEEN TO GAY SKI WEEKS CANADA, EUROPE, AND THE U.S., BUT WHAT FELT SO GREAT ABOUT TELLURI THIS YEAR (LASTG OM FEBARY 20TH-27TH) WAS S LIVG-ROOM, E-ON--AND-PUT-YOUR-FEET-UP ATMOSPHERE. THIS GAY SKI WEEK, NOW S SEVENTH YEAR, HAS BLOSSOMED OM ABOUT 150 PARTICIPANTS TO NEARLY 1,000, AND EVERY NIGHT THERE WAS AN EVENT. NOT THE GLOW-STICK, SHIRTS-OFF, LOOK-AT-ME KD OF PASSé CIRCU EVENTS, BUT ZY GET-TOGETHERS ON TIMATE DANCE FLOORS – SOME NEXT TO ROARG FIREPLAC! AFTER JT TWO DAYS, I KNEW EVERYONE AND FELT LIKE I WAS BUMPG TO OLD IENDS SWAPPG STORI ABOUT THE BT NS AND VIEWS AND CUTT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK WHAT SETS OUR GAY SKI WEEK APART OM OTHERS IS THAT ’S LAID BACK, WHICH REFLECTS THE TOWN OF TELLURI,” SAYS STT BARRETTO, ONE OF THE ANIZERS OF TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK. “IT’S NOT PRETENT, AND NOT A CIRCU PARTY. REALLY, ’S MORE ABOUT SKIG. MOST PEOPLE DON’T E HERE TO POSE AND PARTY, BUT FOR THE MARARIE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S NOT TO SAY THAT BOOZE AND BOYS TOOK A BACK SEAT TO THE POWRY SNOW. HECK, I ENJOYED GAZG ACROSS THE ROOM AT A GEO AND TIPSY REICHEN LEHMKUHL AT EVERY APRèS SKI (OR WAS I WHO WAS TIPSY?). OR THE STUNNG DJ TWS DOUG AND DEREK PERRY GYRATG SHIRTLS BEHD THE TURNTABL. AT THE SKI WEEK’S APEX, THE WHE PARTY ON THURSDAY NIGHT, A DRAG QUEEN ON STILTS LOOKG LIKE THE WHE WCH OF NARNIA LOOMED ABOVE BOYS WIFE BEATERS AND TONS OF LOL GAY-LOVG STRAIGHT KIDS WHO KNEW THIS WOULD BE THE PARTY OF THE YEAR. AND Y, I WAS HAND A SMALL GLOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELLURI SELF WAS REALLY THE MA STAR OF THE WEEK. THIS TIDY, HISTORIC MG TOWN OF LS THAN 3,000 IS NTLED A BOX NYON WH THE TOWERG ROCKI ALL AROUND . CLASSY RTRANTS AND UNIQUE BOUTIQU LE THE VTAGE WTERN STOREONTS. THE ENTIRE PLACE NS LIKE CLOCKWORK, WH MORN GONDOLAS WHOOSHG YOU BACK AND FORTH OM TOWN TO THE SLOP, AND BARELY ANY L FOR THE LIFTS. AND ONCE YOU GET UP ON TO THE MOUNTAS’ DRAMATIC RIDG, YOU SKI ALONG SOME OF THE MOST CREDIBLE PANORAMAS THE ENTIRE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELLURI IS KNOWN AS THE “FTIVAL CAPAL OF THE SOUTHWT,” AND BIS S MUCH-HERALD FILM FTIVAL, THE TOWN HOSTS MORE THAN 30 SUMMER FTIVALS AND EVENTS EVERY YEAR. FOR THE FIRST TIME 2010, THE ANIZERS OF THE GAY SKI WEEK WILL BE PUTTG ON THE HTE T: TELLURI GAY SUMMER OM AUGT 12-15. IT’S GOG TO CLU OUTDOOR E-ACTIVI, A SMALL GOLF TOURNEY FOR THE LADI, FOOD AND WE TASTGS, AND AN ARTS SHOW ( WILL CI WH TELLURI FTIVAL OF THE ARTS). THERE WILL ALSO BE A TWO-DAY GAY FILM FTIVAL FOR THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE THE LUNG PACY TO DO THE E {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN WE CHECKED TO THE AMAZG 32-SUE INN AT LOST CREEK, MY FELLOW WRER IEND BILL ASKED, “YOU MEAN THIS IS WHERE WE ARE LIVG FOR A WEEK?” HE LOOKED AROUND AND SIMPLY STATED, “I DON’T THK I’LL BE GOG HOME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE WALTZED AROUND OUR ROOMY TWO-BEDROOM SUE, PLETE WH A FULL STATE-OF-THE-ART KCHEN, BALNY OVERLOOKG THE GONDOLAS, AND EVEN A STEAMBATH THE ENORMO SHOWER. A GOURMET BASKET OF TOP-NOTCH W, CHE, AND SPREADS GREETED ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEEDLS TO SAY, WE STAYED AND SOAKED ALL UP ONT OF A LARGE FLAT-SCREEN TV FOR THE FIRST UPLE OF NIGHTS AS WE ACCLIMATIZED TO THE ALTU (OR AT LEAST THAT WAS THE EXCE). EVERY NOW AND THEN, A HANDSOME YOUNG CHAP NAMED CHAD WOULD E AND KNOCK ON OUR DOOR TO ASK IF HE ULD DO ANY SHOPPG OR ERRANDS FOR . WELL, WE DID NEED TO BOOK OUR SPA AND MASSAGE APPOTMENTS AT THE INN’S WORLD-CLASS SISTER PROPERTY, THE CAPELLA, AND A TENR STEAK DNER AT S SPECTACULAR ONYX RTRANT. WOULD HE BE SO KD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH A GEO SE, THE DOOR GENTLY CLOSED AND BILL AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER. WE WERE PRETTY CERTA WE HAD DIED AND BEEN TRANSPORTED TO A POWRY WHE GAY-IENDLY HEAVEN HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH. WASN’T THIS HOW LIFE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK

Wele To Telluri Gay Ski WeekSce 2002, Telluri Gay Ski Week has bee the Southwt’s most welg, scenic, and timate wter week-long celebratn of equaly, clivy and awarens featur tons of activi to showse the bety of our LGBTQ+ muny.

2010 TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK REP: HEAVEN ON EARTH?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY MATTHEW LKMARCH 15, 2010/5:39 PMBY MATTHEW LKMARCH 15, 2010 / 5:39 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"2010 TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK REP: HEAVEN ON EARTH?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-03-15T21:39:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-03-15T21:39:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MATTHEW LK","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN FRED PHELPS (AKA THE “GOD HATE FAGS” GUY) GOT WD THAT JUDY SHEPHERD (MOTHER OF SLA MATTHEW SHEPHERD) WOULD BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT A FUNDRAISG DNER AT THE TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK, THE BIGOT THREATENED A FULL-ON PROTT AT THIS NORMALLY MELLOW COLORADO MOUNTA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELLURI, BETTER KNOWN FOR S STUNNG SCENERY AND UPSLE LOG MANSNS, WAS ALL ABUZZ WH SELDOM-SEEN NTROVERSY. FRED AND HIS ILK NEVER DID SHOW UP (N THEY EVEN SKI?), BUT A LORFUL UNTER-PROTT DID OCCUR, WH GUYS FUR ATS AND SWIM TNKS HOLDG SIGNS THAT READ “BEE WE N’T HATE OURSELV, WE HATE CELERY!” AND “CELERY: JT A VEHICLE FOR RANCH?” THE PERFECT ABSURDY OF THE CELERY PROTT WAS A BIG H, MAKG THE ONT PAGE OF THE TELLURI DAILY PLA. THE LOLS LOVED , PROVG JT HOW GAY-IENDLY THIS LIBERAL, HIPPIE-LOVG TOWN EMBRAC S QUEER VISORS AND THEIR SKI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’VE BEEN TO GAY SKI WEEKS CANADA, EUROPE, AND THE U.S., BUT WHAT FELT SO GREAT ABOUT TELLURI THIS YEAR (LASTG OM FEBARY 20TH-27TH) WAS S LIVG-ROOM, E-ON--AND-PUT-YOUR-FEET-UP ATMOSPHERE. THIS GAY SKI WEEK, NOW S SEVENTH YEAR, HAS BLOSSOMED OM ABOUT 150 PARTICIPANTS TO NEARLY 1,000, AND EVERY NIGHT THERE WAS AN EVENT. NOT THE GLOW-STICK, SHIRTS-OFF, LOOK-AT-ME KD OF PASSé CIRCU EVENTS, BUT ZY GET-TOGETHERS ON TIMATE DANCE FLOORS – SOME NEXT TO ROARG FIREPLAC! AFTER JT TWO DAYS, I KNEW EVERYONE AND FELT LIKE I WAS BUMPG TO OLD IENDS SWAPPG STORI ABOUT THE BT NS AND VIEWS AND CUTT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK WHAT SETS OUR GAY SKI WEEK APART OM OTHERS IS THAT ’S LAID BACK, WHICH REFLECTS THE TOWN OF TELLURI,” SAYS STT BARRETTO, ONE OF THE ANIZERS OF TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK. “IT’S NOT PRETENT, AND NOT A CIRCU PARTY. REALLY, ’S MORE ABOUT SKIG. MOST PEOPLE DON’T E HERE TO POSE AND PARTY, BUT FOR THE MARARIE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S NOT TO SAY THAT BOOZE AND BOYS TOOK A BACK SEAT TO THE POWRY SNOW. HECK, I ENJOYED GAZG ACROSS THE ROOM AT A GEO AND TIPSY REICHEN LEHMKUHL AT EVERY APRèS SKI (OR WAS I WHO WAS TIPSY?). OR THE STUNNG DJ TWS DOUG AND DEREK PERRY GYRATG SHIRTLS BEHD THE TURNTABL. AT THE SKI WEEK’S APEX, THE WHE PARTY ON THURSDAY NIGHT, A DRAG QUEEN ON STILTS LOOKG LIKE THE WHE WCH OF NARNIA LOOMED ABOVE BOYS WIFE BEATERS AND TONS OF LOL GAY-LOVG STRAIGHT KIDS WHO KNEW THIS WOULD BE THE PARTY OF THE YEAR. AND Y, I WAS HAND A SMALL GLOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELLURI SELF WAS REALLY THE MA STAR OF THE WEEK. THIS TIDY, HISTORIC MG TOWN OF LS THAN 3,000 IS NTLED A BOX NYON WH THE TOWERG ROCKI ALL AROUND . CLASSY RTRANTS AND UNIQUE BOUTIQU LE THE VTAGE WTERN STOREONTS. THE ENTIRE PLACE NS LIKE CLOCKWORK, WH MORN GONDOLAS WHOOSHG YOU BACK AND FORTH OM TOWN TO THE SLOP, AND BARELY ANY L FOR THE LIFTS. AND ONCE YOU GET UP ON TO THE MOUNTAS’ DRAMATIC RIDG, YOU SKI ALONG SOME OF THE MOST CREDIBLE PANORAMAS THE ENTIRE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELLURI IS KNOWN AS THE “FTIVAL CAPAL OF THE SOUTHWT,” AND BIS S MUCH-HERALD FILM FTIVAL, THE TOWN HOSTS MORE THAN 30 SUMMER FTIVALS AND EVENTS EVERY YEAR. FOR THE FIRST TIME 2010, THE ANIZERS OF THE GAY SKI WEEK WILL BE PUTTG ON THE HTE T: TELLURI GAY SUMMER OM AUGT 12-15. IT’S GOG TO CLU OUTDOOR E-ACTIVI, A SMALL GOLF TOURNEY FOR THE LADI, FOOD AND WE TASTGS, AND AN ARTS SHOW ( WILL CI WH TELLURI FTIVAL OF THE ARTS). THERE WILL ALSO BE A TWO-DAY GAY FILM FTIVAL FOR THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE THE LUNG PACY TO DO THE E {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN WE CHECKED TO THE AMAZG 32-SUE INN AT LOST CREEK, MY FELLOW WRER IEND BILL ASKED, “YOU MEAN THIS IS WHERE WE ARE LIVG FOR A WEEK?” HE LOOKED AROUND AND SIMPLY STATED, “I DON’T THK I’LL BE GOG HOME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE WALTZED AROUND OUR ROOMY TWO-BEDROOM SUE, PLETE WH A FULL STATE-OF-THE-ART KCHEN, BALNY OVERLOOKG THE GONDOLAS, AND EVEN A STEAMBATH THE ENORMO SHOWER. A GOURMET BASKET OF TOP-NOTCH W, CHE, AND SPREADS GREETED ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEEDLS TO SAY, WE STAYED AND SOAKED ALL UP ONT OF A LARGE FLAT-SCREEN TV FOR THE FIRST UPLE OF NIGHTS AS WE ACCLIMATIZED TO THE ALTU (OR AT LEAST THAT WAS THE EXCE). EVERY NOW AND THEN, A HANDSOME YOUNG CHAP NAMED CHAD WOULD E AND KNOCK ON OUR DOOR TO ASK IF HE ULD DO ANY SHOPPG OR ERRANDS FOR . WELL, WE DID NEED TO BOOK OUR SPA AND MASSAGE APPOTMENTS AT THE INN’S WORLD-CLASS SISTER PROPERTY, THE CAPELLA, AND A TENR STEAK DNER AT S SPECTACULAR ONYX RTRANT. WOULD HE BE SO KD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH A GEO SE, THE DOOR GENTLY CLOSED AND BILL AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER. WE WERE PRETTY CERTA WE HAD DIED AND BEEN TRANSPORTED TO A POWRY WHE GAY-IENDLY HEAVEN HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH. WASN’T THIS HOW LIFE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Our town embrac and wel visors om all walks of life wh our signature flair and mounta jt for skiers, Telluri Gay Ski Week v all to celebrate the magic of wtertime the San Juan Mountas. Wh geo acmodatns loted jt steps away om outdoor activi like ice skatg, snowshoeg, fat tire bikg, horseback and sleigh ris, fishg, snowmobilg, spa experienc and more, Telluri Gay Ski Week has somethg for everyone. Historilly, Telluri Gay Ski Week has cid wh Telluri Aids Benef Fashn Show Gala - an event dited to fightg HIV/AIDS by raisg awarens and generatg fancial support for preventn programs and client tuned for the full list of events g soon and sign up for our newsletter below to have the news livered right to your box.

We hope to see everyone back next year for the 22nd Annual Telluri Gay Ski Week on Febary 24 - March 2, 2024. Thank you for jog at the 2023 Telluri Gay Ski Week!

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Telluri Gay Ski Week is bigger, bolr and more fabulo than ever! As the new producers of the 21st Annual Telluri Gay Ski Week, we uldn’t be more proud to say wele. Telluri Gay Ski Week is gearg up for epic days of skig, shows, partyg and more!

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Telluri Gay Ski Week is right around the rner and to celebrate we’ve teamed up wh Vis Telluri, Tim’s Trma Balm, Loma Vista Tequila Soda, Sierra Nevada Brewg Company and Henre to giveaway a few event tickets and gear.

When Fred Phelps (aka the “God Hate Fags” guy) got wd that Judy Shepherd (mother of sla Matthew Shepherd) would be the keynote speaker at a fundraisg dner at the Telluri Gay Ski Week, the bigot threatened a full-on prott at this normally mellow Colorado mounta town.

The lols loved , provg jt how gay-iendly this liberal, hippie-lovg town embrac s queer visors and their ski equipment. I’ve been to gay ski weeks Canada, Europe, and the U. This gay ski week, now s seventh year, has blossomed om about 150 participants to nearly 1, 000, and every night there was an event.

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“I thk what sets our gay ski week apart om others is that ’s laid back, which reflects the town of Telluri, ” says Stt Barretto, one of the anizers of Telluri Gay Ski Week.

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At the ski week’s apex, the Whe Party on Thursday night, a drag queen on stilts lookg like the Whe Wch of Narnia loomed above boys wife beaters and tons of lol gay-lovg straight kids who knew this would be the party of the year. For the first time 2010, the anizers of the gay ski week will be puttg on the Hte T: Telluri Gay Summer om Augt 12-15.

There will also be a two-day gay film ftival for those who don’t have the lung pacy to do the e we checked to the amazg 32-sue Inn at Lost Creek, my fellow wrer iend Bill asked, “You mean this is where we are livg for a week? We were pretty certa we had died and been transported to a powry whe gay-iendly heaven high above the Earth. Telluri Gay Ski Week was origally found 2002.

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Historilly, Telluri Gay Ski Week has cid wh Telluri Aids Benef fashn show gala, an event n by TAB who is “dited to fightg HIV/AIDS by raisg awarens and generatg fancial support for preventn programs and client re. ” Telluri Gay Ski Week ntu to grow and expand, and we enurage you to e check out for yourself if you haven’t already!

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