Internatnal Gay Ski Calendar 2020 ⋆ Passport Magaze

Contents:

• 6 GAY SKI WEEKS THAT WILL ADD SOME HEAT TO YOUR WTER
• INTERNATNAL GAY SKI CALENDAR 2020
• THE 10 BT GAY SKIG HOLIDAYS
• GAY APRèS-SKI
• THE ULTIMATE GUI TO GAY SKI WEEKS AROUND THE WORLD
• ​​ASPEN GAY SKI WEEKASPEN GAY SKI WEEKASPEN, COLORADO, JANUARY 15-22HOME TO THE WORLD’S FIRST AND LONGT NNG GAY SKI WEEK, AGSW CELEBRAT S 46TH YEAR THIS JANUARY. THE INIC EVENT CLUS AMBASSADOR-GUID SKIG AND RIDG ON THREE OF ASPEN’S MOUNTAS (AJAX, SNOWMASS, AND HIGHLANDS) AS WELL AS DAILY APRéS-SKI SOIRE, NIGHTS OUT ON THE TOWN, DANCE PARTI, DRAG BGO, A DOWNHILL STUME NTT, AND AN EVENG OF MIC AND EDY WH SANDRA BERNHARD.​WTER RENZVOWOMAN HOLDG SNOW SKI BLAS WHILE WALKG ON SNOWY MOUNTA DURG DAYTIMEPHOTO 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. ADDNALLY, WTER RENZVO’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATN WILL CLU ICE SKATG, DOG SLEDDG, HOT TUBBG, BONFIR, POOL PARTI, DRAG BGO, AND LIVE PERFORMANC, CLUDG A TA TURNER TRIBUTE NCERT BY DEBBY HOLIDAY.​WHISTLER PRI AND SKI FTIVALWHISTLER SKIPHOTO BY BENJAM HAYWARD ON UNSPLASHWHISTLER, BRISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, JANUARY 22-29CELEBRATG S 30TH YEAR, WHISTLER’S WTER PRI EVENT RANKS AMONG THE WORLD’S LARGT. SKIERS AND RIRS N FD IMMEDIATE BONDG AND LEARNG EXPERIENC WH GROUPS OF EVERY LEVEL. THERE’S A SKI PARA, MASSIVE POOL PARTY, SNOWBALL FIGHT, ROLLER DIS, ART WALK, CHARY SKI RACE, AND A SLEW OF ROTATG APRèS AND DNER PLANS.​UTAH GAY SKI WEEKMAN RIDG WHE AND RABOW SNOWBOARDPHOTO BY COL LLOYD ON UNSPLASHPARK CY, UTAH, FEBARY 22-26LNCHED 13 YEARS AGO BY ELEVATN FOUNR TOM WHMAN, UTAH’S ANNUAL CELEBRATN HAS GROWN EVERY YEAR, HOSTG QUEERS AND IENDS OM ALL OVER THE WORLD. 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.​TELLURI GAY SKI WEEKTELLURI MOUNTA VERED WH SNOW UNR WHE CLOUDS DURG DAYTIMEPHOTO BY THOMAS KELLEY ON UNSPLASHTELLURI, COLORADO, FEBARY 25 – MARCH 4G KENWORTHY’S STUNNGLY BETIFUL HOMETOWN HAS THROWN DOWN EVERY WTER SCE 2002. FOR 2023, SBG PRODUCTNS (PRODUCERS OF THE SKI TOWN’S BLU AND JAZZ FTIVALS) TAK OVER TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK. KICKG OFF WH THE HISTORIC TELLURI AIDS BENEF FASHN SHOW, WILL CLU GUID SKI GROUPS, LIVE MIC, HAPPY HOURS, POOL PARTI, YOGA, AN ART WALK, SLEIGH RI DNER, AND DRAG BNCH.​JASPER PRI & SKI FTIVAL
• AN LGBTQ PARTY ON THE SLOP AT TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK
• DAILY GAY APR SKI
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• HERE'S WHAT WENT DOWN AT EUROPE'S BIGGT GAY PRI FTIVAL ON THE SNOW
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI

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

Steamboat, Colorado Although gay ski weeks statns like Crted Butte and Telluri are a well-served source of pri, 's great to see visibily all year long: LGBT lols here Steamboat Sprgs began a monthly social mixer 2009 that's still gog strong. Stowe, VermontVermont nsistently polls as Ameri's most gay-iendly state, and there are lots of great rorts to choose om. Alta Badia, ItalyIf any European rort is screamg for more gay travelers, 's betiful Alta Badia.

When Ski Bums me here 2009, we swore we'd stepped to a gay bar at the hotel La Perla, wh a bright red lacquer bar and a sound system crankg out ABBA tun. Jackson Hole, WyomgThe earth-iendly (and gay-iendly) Hotel Terra is one of the bt ski-, ski-out hotels the Wt. A swanky new boutique hotel ss atop Le Vernissage, a gay-iendly club wh some of the bt nightlife the Alps.

INTERNATNAL GAY SKI CALENDAR 2020

Whistler, Brish ColumbiaThe home of the biggt LGBT ski week is also the largt ski rort North Ameri, Whistler-Blackb, and s gay-iendly wele lasts all season long. But the tough enomy -- and a surpl of new hotel rooms -- has sprouted bargas Snowmass, where you'll be reward wh wi open terra and some extra change your to go: There's not really a bad time for snow here, but Aspen Gay Ski Week (late January) is a fun time to be town, pecially if you n brg a few iends along wh you.

THE 10 BT GAY SKIG HOLIDAYS

Salt Lake Cy, UtahFet what you've heard about the Book of Mormon boys: Salt Lake Cy is the only place the world wh seven world class ski rorts and seven gay bars wh a 30 mute drive.

It's got two pri paras, gay-iendly hotels (like Kimpton's Hotel Mona), openly gay elected officials and a ph by the Salt Lake Cy Visor's Bure to wele LGBT visors. This chic new lounge is the perfect place to start the party before a nighttime vis to Jam, a hopp' gay club downtown SLC.

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.

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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.

THE ULTIMATE GUI TO GAY SKI WEEKS AROUND THE WORLD

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.

​​ASPEN GAY SKI WEEKASPEN GAY SKI WEEKASPEN, COLORADO, JANUARY 15-22HOME TO THE WORLD’S FIRST AND LONGT NNG GAY SKI WEEK, AGSW CELEBRAT S 46TH YEAR THIS JANUARY. THE INIC EVENT CLUS AMBASSADOR-GUID SKIG AND RIDG ON THREE OF ASPEN’S MOUNTAS (AJAX, SNOWMASS, AND HIGHLANDS) AS WELL AS DAILY APRéS-SKI SOIRE, NIGHTS OUT ON THE TOWN, DANCE PARTI, DRAG BGO, A DOWNHILL STUME NTT, AND AN EVENG OF MIC AND EDY WH SANDRA BERNHARD.​WTER RENZVOWOMAN HOLDG SNOW SKI BLAS WHILE WALKG ON SNOWY MOUNTA DURG DAYTIMEPHOTO 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. ADDNALLY, WTER RENZVO’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATN WILL CLU ICE SKATG, DOG SLEDDG, HOT TUBBG, BONFIR, POOL PARTI, DRAG BGO, AND LIVE PERFORMANC, CLUDG A TA TURNER TRIBUTE NCERT BY DEBBY HOLIDAY.​WHISTLER PRI AND SKI FTIVALWHISTLER SKIPHOTO BY BENJAM HAYWARD ON UNSPLASHWHISTLER, BRISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, JANUARY 22-29CELEBRATG S 30TH YEAR, WHISTLER’S WTER PRI EVENT RANKS AMONG THE WORLD’S LARGT. SKIERS AND RIRS N FD IMMEDIATE BONDG AND LEARNG EXPERIENC WH GROUPS OF EVERY LEVEL. THERE’S A SKI PARA, MASSIVE POOL PARTY, SNOWBALL FIGHT, ROLLER DIS, ART WALK, CHARY SKI RACE, AND A SLEW OF ROTATG APRèS AND DNER PLANS.​UTAH GAY SKI WEEKMAN RIDG WHE AND RABOW SNOWBOARDPHOTO BY COL LLOYD ON UNSPLASHPARK CY, UTAH, FEBARY 22-26LNCHED 13 YEARS AGO BY ELEVATN FOUNR TOM WHMAN, UTAH’S ANNUAL CELEBRATN HAS GROWN EVERY YEAR, HOSTG QUEERS AND IENDS OM ALL OVER THE WORLD. 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.​TELLURI GAY SKI WEEKTELLURI MOUNTA VERED WH SNOW UNR WHE CLOUDS DURG DAYTIMEPHOTO BY THOMAS KELLEY ON UNSPLASHTELLURI, COLORADO, FEBARY 25 – MARCH 4G KENWORTHY’S STUNNGLY BETIFUL HOMETOWN HAS THROWN DOWN EVERY WTER SCE 2002. FOR 2023, SBG PRODUCTNS (PRODUCERS OF THE SKI TOWN’S BLU AND JAZZ FTIVALS) TAK OVER TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK. KICKG OFF WH THE HISTORIC TELLURI AIDS BENEF FASHN SHOW, WILL CLU GUID SKI GROUPS, LIVE MIC, HAPPY HOURS, POOL PARTI, YOGA, AN ART WALK, SLEIGH RI DNER, AND DRAG BNCH.​JASPER PRI & SKI FTIVAL

Back for s 20th year a row, Elevatn Mammoth is Mammoth's Annual Gay Ski Week - and 's gog to be rowdy. Europe's biggt gay ski week, European Snow Pri TignContact UsEuropean Snow Pri Powered by SCRUFF is the biggt gay ski week Europe. Our gay ski ftival tak place om March 16 to 23, 2024 the gay iendly ski rort of Tign.

From Swzerland to Aspen, New Zealand to Atria, our Internatnal Gay Ski Calendar 2020 featur all the credible Ski Weeks, Apr Parti, and Events you won’t want to miss.

While some ski rorts ral regns still lack full LGBTQ+ acceptance, avid skiers or snowboarrs seekg a gay-iendly experience will be pleased to know that progrsive attus are on the up. Gay skig is a whole mood, tered to by an ever-expandg number of gay ski events anised by open-md ski rorts across the globe.

AN LGBTQ PARTY ON THE SLOP AT TELLURI GAY SKI WEEK

As well as all the powred snow sports you uld dream of, gay snow holidays also enpass wilrns adventure, wild parti and plenty of après ski. Don your ski-su to fd out what you’re missg out on, wh Mr Hudson’s top 10 gay skig holidays.

Aspen, Colorado, USAWe start our gui to the bt gay ski holidays Colorado, home to the southern portn of the Rocky Mountas, as well as the cy of Denver and largely liberal attus relative to the rt of the Wtern US stat. Aspen gay scene is well tablished and the rort pris self on s long-standg liberal attu, wh the annual Aspen Gay Ski Week nng sce 1977.

DAILY GAY APR SKI

Mammoth Mountas, California, USAContug on the all-Amerin theme, our send choice of gay ski statns tak to the Mammoth Mountas California. The state’s bt skig spot, Mammoth Ski Area lays claim as the origal home of ‘Elevatn Ski Week’, an annual event which has sce bee one of the largt gay ski events the US and the world over. March 2020 will see the 18th annual gay ski week at Mammoth, hostg over 2, 500 rirs near Mammoth Lak north of Yoseme.

One of the most gay-iendly ski rorts the Alps wh a rabow flag flyg all year round, Arosa cements s LGBTQ+ advote stat each January durg Arosa Gay Ski Week, when 600 lbian and gay wter sports fans une.

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Lenzerhei, SwzerlandHome of ‘GaySki’ sce s foundatn 1992, Lenzerhei is Arosa’s slightly olr , sharg the same breath-takg scenery and love of gay culture.

HERE'S WHAT WENT DOWN AT EUROPE'S BIGGT GAY PRI FTIVAL ON THE SNOW

Held at Hotel Schweizerhof and n by volunteers, GaySki has been built as an stutn, unlike other large mercial events.

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In March 2020, Lenzerhei celebrat the 25th anniversary of SWING Gay Ski Week where pass holrs are guaranteed both snow and a packed schle of socialisg events.

In January every year durg the Whistler Pri & Ski Ftival, gay culture tak over wh each base offerg a mishmash of wild events, om fetish parti to dner parti wh dance events thrown . As well as beg the official European trag base of the US ski team, Söln is also a base for LGBT culture, wh the Söln Gay Snow Happeng brgg people together annually sce 1998 for ski events and lively Après-Ski activi (this year’s Happeng tak place March 2020).

As well as skig and snowboardg on open terra, other activi clu ice skatg, snowmobilg and snowshoeg, topped off durg the month of Augt when the ternatnal LGBT muny scends for Gay Ski Week Queenstown at Cardrona Alpe Sebastian StaWhile you might envisage Spa as a hot and sweaty seasi suatn, the Spanish Pyrene will change your md wh wtery weather, northern-facg ski slop and perfect snow ndns Photo: Erik Odi8. Boí Taüll’s Snow Gay Weekend, hosted by ‘Rabow Barcelona Tours’ is now s fifth year, acmodatg an ever-growg number of atten (currently around 200, mostly om Spa and France), for a week of timate ski events, parti and more, at an affordable price. Reprentg the open-mdns and diverse valu of the Canadian Rocki, the rort celebrat Jasper Pri Ftival annually March, anisg a rabow flag skig para and other gay-iendly events servg to nnect the rint queer muny, LGBT travellers and upl on the slop before unwdg Jasper’s lively bars and rtrants.