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16th ANNUAL AROSA GAY SKI WEEK

January 18 to 25, 2020

Arosa sits at the top of a Swiss That’s the inherent appeal
valley, between Davos and of Arosa Gay Ski Week, it’s
St. Moritz, just 2½ hours from customised to suit the way you
Zürich in Switzerland. The have fun. Arosa uniquely offers
Arosa Gay Ski Week is known more than just extreme snow
as Europe’s favourite winter sports and throwing yourself
pride festival. Hundreds of from the mountain tops. There
gay men and women travel is also an amazing variety of
annually to Arosa, Switzerland other activities, including well
in January, for the friendly prepared winter hiking trails,
week-long celebration, ice skating, curling and cross-
supported by locals and country skiing. The winter
the community. Everyone’s program in Arosa also features
invited! Sport Studs, Lipstick snowshoe walking, sledging
Lesbians, Cute Twinks, Hot slides and romantic horse-
Daddies and Keen Snow drawn carriage rides through the
Bunnies come together from breathtaking alpine landscape.
every corner of the world. Arosa has an array of fabulous
This fun-filled, whirlwind restaurants with every type of
event is packed with seven cuisine, quaint mountain huts,
days of socialising, exquisite stylish clubs, and of course,
dining, live music, partying relaxing spas. Their stunning
and of course the world class Swiss alpine village is a rare gem
skiing and snowboarding. that offers everything from snow
How you enjoy your Gay Ski to adventure to fine dining and
Week is entirely up to you. as you can guess, Arosa Gay Ski
Love to snowboard? Then Week takes advantage of every
you can hit the slopes by day morsel!
and party by night. If you’re Arosa Gay Ski Week is supported
not so fond of the white fluffy by the local tourism office and a
sky dust, then you can spend large selection of partner hotels,
your time sunbathing on the chalets and holiday apartments
terrace of a mountain hut, to welcome you.
socialising and enjoying the For further information visit:
myriad of other activities on www.ski.lgbt
offer.

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Photos: Elevation Gay Ski Week

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[elevation]
Skiing and Snowboarding

By Ethan Laird of the best snow in the world or the
Yeah, yeah, the summer days of triumphant 2nd year in Tremblant,
speedos have slipped away, leaving Quebec, you know exactly what
only Instagram memories of the you’re getting into with an Elevation
skimpily clad beach boys of Fire Island event: superb slopes for shredding,
or Ptown and the poolside parties of damn good DJs for dancing, and
Palm Springs. But that means it’s time fun feisty dudes for having a nice
for a costume change. It’s time to conversation by the fire ;)
trade sunglasses for goggles, sarongs Whitman’s magic lies in his ability
for snowboard pants, and to turn in to give people those expected
your flip flops for ski boots. extravaganzas that we look forward
It’s adventure time, boys. to every year (the Onesie Party, the
That yearning for winter adventure Gear Party), mixed in with just the
mixed with a love for big gay right number of new tricks pulled
gatherings is what prompted LA from his waterproof snowboarder
event producer Tom Whitman to sleeves.
look northward and upward from “I’m super excited about Elevation
Los Angeles 10,000 feet upward to Utah 2020,” says Whitman, “and not
be exact. 18 years ago, he launched just because our 10th anniversary is a
the first Elevation in Mammoth Lakes, good excuse to shake things up a bit.
California, and the core crowd of It’s amazing because so many people
California boys quickly built that event who attend have been coming to the
into one of the largest gay ski weeks Elevation events for 5, 10 or even 15
in the world. years. Every year, thousands of LGBT
In the years since Whitman first guys and girls come from around
schemed up his 4 day ski soirée, the the world to celebrate not only our
Elevation Gay Ski Weeks have become community, but also snow sports and
the gold standard of gay getaways, these amazing destinations, there’s
and the largest series of gay ski nothing better.”
events in the world. Its growth and Unlike other gay events, Elevation
legendary status are due, in large is as much about the moguls as it is
part, to Whitman’s uncanny ability about the mashups. But the music
to be always dependable but never promises to be massive this year, with
predictable. Whitman unleashing some familiar
Whether it’s Elevation Mammoth, Elevation names like DJ Josh Peace,
the Daddy of the three events, with DJ Casey Alva, and London DJ
more than 2500 guys and girls in Adam Turner while bringing some
attendance or the 10th anniversary of new musical heavy hitters into the
Elevation in Park City, Utah, the home Elevation family, DJ Grind in Park City
and DJ Dan Slater in Mammoth.”

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[elevation]
Skiing and Snowboarding

First up is the return event in into a bona fide boy buffet. And if
Tremblant. Taking place January 30th you’ve never been before, expect
to February 2nd, it’s just far enough to be pleasantly surprised by how
after New Years that you’ll be ready friendly everyone is.
for a midwinter gay getaway. After Whitman says he started Elevation
an amazing launch year, Elevation Mammoth to offer an alternative
Tremblant is preparing for more to the gay party scene in the great
than 500 Elevation enthusiasts, outdoors. “What makes Elevation work
sporty East Coasters, and sexy is the attitude of the attendees, or lack
Canadians. “Tremblant is always thereof. We encourage everyone to
ranked the #1 ski resort on the East be friendly, to introduce yourself to
Coast,” says Whitman, “and the Village new people. Every year people return
in Tremblant is the picture-perfect because of the friends they’ve made
location for an Elevation event.” and the connections they’ve forged.”
Then, prepare for the anniversary While each Elevation event has its
blowout of the 10th annual own local flavor and flair, there are a
Elevation Utah! Set February 26th few events I personally look forward
to March 1st that gives you four to every year: The Onesie Apres Ski
weeks to recover from your Canadian is a classic (seriously, don’t forget your
kiki before you meet up with 1,500+ onesie. If you don’t have one, you’re
bromos and slope sisters for the doing life wrong), and the all-new main
tenth annual invasion of the gays in event, Gear, is perhaps the sexiest
Park City, home of Sundance, the Salt party of the week. It’s like a warehouse
Lake Olympics, and plenty of former- party at altitude (don’t think about
Mormons who just wanna let loose. If it too hard). The dress code is gear,
you haven’t been recently, it’s worth leather gear, sports gear, ski gear. Just
noting that Park City and Canyons put some Thot into it. (What’s the
resorts merged a few years back to difference between a straight ski week
make the largest ski resort in the US, and a gay ski week? A harness.)
with 7300 skiable acres and some of Every year, I have a different
the world’s most beautiful vistas. experience at Elevation. You can ski
Elevation season ends with a little all day and crash early, party hard and
spring skiing. March 18-22 marks sleep in, or be the first-chair-last-call
the 18th annual Mammoth Gay Ski hero we all wish we were.
Week, the crown jewel for ski huntys It’s that time again. Let’s have a ski-ski.
and board bros alike. This year, Info on the Elevation events are at
they’re expecting almost 3,000 guys www.elevationgayski.com.
and gals to take over the Village,
transforming this sleepy ski town

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