Europe's Biggt Gay Ski Week | EGSW | 16-23 March 2024

Contents:

• THE ULTIMATE GUI TO GAY SKI WEEKS AROUND THE WORLD
• EUROPE’S BIGGT GAY SKI WEEK TAK PLACE THE GAY IENDLY SKI RORT OF TIGN

THE ULTIMATE GUI TO GAY SKI WEEKS AROUND THE WORLD

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

Our gay ski ftival tak place om March 16 to 23, 2024 the gay iendly ski rort of Tign.

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. 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. 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. 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 .

​​Aspen Gay Ski Week.

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. ​Utah Gay Ski Week.

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 Week.

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