Aspen Gay Ski Week - AllTrips

Contents:

• ASPEN GAY TRAVEL
• ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK
• THE STORY OF ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK
• ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK LE FOR 2021
• ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK TO WELE FAI NEXT MONTH
• GAY SKI WEEKS: COLOR THE SLOP
• MORE THAN A PARTY: ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK HELPS RAISE FUNDS, AWARENS FOR LGBTQ+ MUNY
• ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK DOWNHILL EVENT HAS EVOLVED TO NNECTN WH MUNY
• ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK TO HOST LARGT EVENT NEARLY 40 YEARS
• GAY NIGHTLIFE THE ROCKI: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• 10 GAY SKI WEEKS AND WTER PRI CELEBRATNS

ASPEN GAY TRAVEL

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ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK

You’ll of urse fd yourself amongst a sea of other gay guys durg gay ski week, as well as a cent bunch over the wter season.

THE STORY OF ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK

While there aren’t any official gay bars Aspen, you won’t have any trouble fdg gay iends durg any of the town’s gay events or Aspen’s famo gay ski week. From the grassroots begngs, Aspen Gay Ski Week has bee the longt nng and most popular week-long ski event the natn. It was the party culture of the ’70s clashg wh old-fashned unacceptance that led to the formatn of a nonprof to n Aspen Gay Ski Week and e as a force for good the muny.

By 1977, the rnns beme more official, wh each club hostg parti their ndos on different nights for a week January, and the lol ntgent throwg the wele as liberal as Aspen was, beg gay public wasn’t universally accepted (hence the ndo parti)—a realy that spurred Jon Bch, one of Aspen Gay Ski Week’s founrs, to advote for gay rights after gettg trouble for dancg wh another man at a lol bar. In 1979, Bch and other lol supporters had reason to celebrate when Aspen beme the first municipaly Colorado to pass an anti-discrimatn policy for gays and lbians. Boulr and Denver followed Aspen’s example, but 1992, Colorado voters passed Amendment 2 to the state nstutn, which revoked gay protectns and prohibed any new on om beg enacted at lol and state levels.

ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK LE FOR 2021

This anti-gay policy triggered a wispread and effective boytt of Colorado tourism, particularly pafully felt Aspen, where Gay Ski Week had bee a major wter event and talyst for gay tourism year-round. A legal challenge ensued, and shortly after the US Supreme Court led that Amendment 2 was unnstutnal 1996, Aspen Gay Ski Week was fold to a new 501c3 nonprof: the Aspen Gay and Lbian Communy Fund (now AspenOUT) olst and largt gay ski event the untry (more than 3, 000 people are expected this year), Aspen Gay Ski Week has evolved far beyond ndo parti.

A wboy dance party at the Belly Up and boy band ver group at the Wheeler are exampl of events put on by other enti wh Gay Ski Week atten md. But as AspenOUT’s ma annual fundraiser, Aspen Gay Ski Week is much more than a good time— mak possible the anizatn’s growg mental health and tn work. Wh funds om Gay Ski Week, for example, AspenOUT provis facilators to Roarg Fork Valley schools’ gay stunt allianc (GSAs) and onle mental health trag for unselors and teachers.

ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK TO WELE FAI NEXT MONTH

“Aspen Snowmass is very clive and has always been very supportive of Aspen Gay Ski Week, not only bee ’s good for the enomy, but bee ’s good for the muny, ” says McManamon. Aspen Snowmass is one of many proud sponsors of Aspen Gay Ski Week, but the pany’s support of the LGBTQ+ muny don’t stop there. And on a state and natnal level, the pany speaks out on policy—notably signg the amic brief the 2015 US Supreme Court se that legalized gay while there’s still work to be done, the progrs that’s been fostered by Aspen Gay Ski Week and the broar Aspen Snowmass muny is somethg to be proud of.

In 2019, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, the untry’s first openly gay ernor, signed a proclamatn regnizg the event’s role beg “a cril part of the fight for civil rights the LGBTQ muny Colorado and across the natn. You n also sample some of the untry’s bt dg and spirs at Aspen, Colorado’s 80 rtrants and drkg of all, Aspen Gay Ski Week rais funds for AspenOUT (), a lol nonprof group that promot tolerance and bats bullyg.

After monorg the current state of COVID, the board of AspenOUT has cid to alter s programmg for Aspen Gay Ski Week, the olst annual gay ski event the natn – held January 17 to 24, 2021.

GAY SKI WEEKS: COLOR THE SLOP

For s 44th year, Aspen Gay Ski Week will be prented wh the followg chang, based on current state and unty rtrictns:.

Disunted hotel rooms, lift ticket packag, and rentals will still be offered over the dat of Aspen Gay Ski Week. “We realize that the fort level of travelg durg this time is a personal cisn, and we would like to offer those who are cled to do so the opportuny to enjoy the perks of beg an Aspen Gay Ski Week participant, ” mented McManamon.

MORE THAN A PARTY: ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK HELPS RAISE FUNDS, AWARENS FOR LGBTQ+ MUNY

Stay up-to-date on future chang to Aspen Gay Ski Week by visg the FAQ page at In addn, vis this rmative page on procr Aspen Snowmass is puttg place. The legalizatn of gay marriage more than four years ago has led to a rise more gay fai the Uned Stat, acrdg to the owner of a gay-foced travel pany.

So as part of next month’s 43rd annual Aspen Gay Ski Week, anizers have created a long weekend Snowmass Village at the end of the week’s ftivi specifilly geared toward gay upl wh children. 17 to 19 — is a partnership between Kamsky’s pany, Fay Equaly, an advocy group for gay fai, and AspenOUT, the nonprof that puts on Gay Ski Week. A handful of gay fai wh children young enough not to be school yet have attend Gay Ski Week — schled for Jan.

ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK DOWNHILL EVENT HAS EVOLVED TO NNECTN WH MUNY

Now the promotnal backg provid by the partnership wh R Fay Vatns and Fay Equaly, upled wh the fact that next year’s ski week ends on the Mart Luther Kg three-day weekend, was clear the 2020 Aspen Gay Ski Week was the time to try , McManamon said.

ASPEN GAY SKI WEEK TO HOST LARGT EVENT NEARLY 40 YEARS

AspenOUT has unveiled s sled down plan for Aspen Gay Ski Week, the olst annual gay ski event the natn, for s 44th year (January 17- 24, 2021) event will go forward wh the chang and rtrictns: Après Ski: The Limelight will host nightly après ski meet-ups wh limed pacy, and guts mt adhere to social distancg guil. Hosted by Sister Helen Holy (above left 2020), this event will be filmed on Wednday of Aspen Gay Ski Week and prented on Friday. “We realize that the fort level of travelg durg this time is a personal cisn, and we would like to offer those who are cled to do so the opportuny to enjoy the perks of beg an Aspen Gay Ski Week participant.

Take advantage of Aspen Gay Ski Week’s disunted lift tickets and rental packag on the four mountas of Aspen by bookg through AspenOUT's se.

Aspen Gay Ski Week serv as AspenOUT’s annual fundraiser, generat the funds to grant lol, regnal, and natnal anizatns each year. The four-day gay ski party ually tak place Park Cy, and offers an excg agenda of ski activi, parti, and group dners.

GAY NIGHTLIFE THE ROCKI: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

But for many longtime Aspen Gay Ski Week atten like Reed Strathe-Lewis, owner of the Daly Bottle Shop Snowmass Village, the week is more than jt a celebratn. Lewis, who’s lived Snowmass for nearly 25 years, has been on the board of directors for AspenOUT, the LGBTQ+ advocy nonprof behd Aspen Gay Ski Week, for more than a .

Through the annual Gay Ski Week celebratn, Lewis said AspenOUT is able to raise funds that both support natnal LGBTQ+ iativ and lol efforts to engage, te and empower LGBTQ+ youth and their fai up and down the valley. On the first morng of Aspen Gay Ski Week, Kev McManamon, executive director of AspenOUT, and Ja Gordon, a licensed profsnal unselor traed to support LGBTQ+ youth and who works wh AspenOUT, talked about the impact of the year-round support programs on stunts om Aspen to Glenwood Sprgs.

10 GAY SKI WEEKS AND WTER PRI CELEBRATNS

“Even though gay marriage was accepted back 2015, there’s still a lot of misrmatn, there’s some harassment and mismunitn, ” Peack said.

They also said even though they don’t get to take part much of Aspen Gay Ski Week, there will be a youth event at the CP Burger ice rk on Saturday Aspen and that the public support for LGBTQ+ over the week is reassurg. In Snowmass, town tourism staff is workg to ensure the LGBTQ+ muny feels weled and accepted over Aspen Gay Ski Week and beyond wh the addn of pri stickers merchant wdows and flags hung up around the village. Rose Abello, director of Snowmass Tourism, said the village has been workg to partner more wh Aspen Gay Ski Week, evint wh this year’s gral LGBTQ+ fay weekend Snowmass.

“We’re really exced about the fay weekend and our whole team is behd Gay Ski Week, ” Abello said, notg that Snowmass Tourism is the fendg downhill stume ntt champn.

Lewis said he ngratulat Snowmass on regnizg the value of parenterg wh the LGBTQ+ muny, and for showg s support of both Aspen Gay Ski Week and AspenOUT, which he hop ntu to grow for years to e. An enormo rabow flag gets skied down to the base of Aspen Mounta for the annual Gay Ski Week stume downhill petn on Stonehoe/The Aspen Tim. Aspen lol Amelia Nair performs for the Aspen Gay Ski Week downhill on Friday afternoon at the base of Aspen Stonehoe/The Aspen Tim.

A dachsund stays warm om the snowy afternoon at the base of Aspen Mounta watchg the Gay Ski Week stume Stonehoe/The Aspen Tim. Pk County Sheriff Joe DiSalvo gettg troduced as one of the annual judg for the Aspen Gay Ski Week downhill stume para on Friday by MC Sister Helen Stonehoe/The Aspen Tim.

Lghter the crowd at the base of Aspen Mounta for somethg MC Sister Helen Holy said for the Gay Ski Week downhill stume Stonehoe/The Aspen Tim.

MC Sister Helen Holy prayg to the crowd for somethg appropriate she said at the Aspen Gay Ski Week stume downhill at the base of Aspen Mounta on Stonehoe/The Aspen Tim. MC Sister Helen Holy speakg to the crowd for the Aspen Gay Ski Week stume downhill at the base of Aspen Mounta on Stonehoe/The Aspen Tim.

The Ltle Nell "Silver Queens" performg for the Aspen Gay Ski Week stume downhill para on Stonehoe/The Aspen Tim. Snowmass Tourism employe Er Young, left, and Sara Stookey-Sanchez pour fireball for the judg for the Aspen Gay Ski Week downhill stume petn on Friday.

Kemosabe employe Matt Whe gets picked up by Matt Malone, while dancg on stage to "Save a Horse, Ri a Cowboy, " for the annual Gay Ski Week downhill stume para on Friday at the base of Aspen Stonehoe/The Aspen Tim. Durg the early years of Gay Ski Week, a gaggle of men would drs drag and ski like hell down the once mogul-ridn Ruthie’s Run on Aspen Mounta.

Chilled libatns hand, spectators would soak the scene om the pat of the now-funct Ruthie’s Rtrant at the bottom of the n, relled Bce Lee, one of the founrs of the 42-year-old Aspen Gay Ski Week.

Gay Ski Week atten chose Ruthie’s as the urse bee of s “big, nasty bumps, ” Lee said this week durg a break the ftivi. For Gay Ski Week anizers and participants, the downhill stume ntt also is special that is among the few events that tegrate the lol and LGBTQ muni. “I feel like is the one event durg (Gay) Ski Week that brgs the participants and the cy of Aspen together bee the cy people turn out for this, ” said Pl J.

“When I n get posive feedback om (Gay Ski Week) participants, as well as lols who are not even a part of the LGBT muny — that is gratifyg, ” Williams said. Havg led the stume ntt as emcee sce 2001 (wh the exceptn of a brief and recent stt which Logo TV sponsored Gay Ski Week), Sister Helen Holy is now part of the fabric of the event.