Welcome to Elevation 2015, the Thirteenth Annual Mammoth Gay Ski Week! Thirteen years ago, Tom Whitman tested the waters by emailing a few friends and more than 300 people showed up to dance, party, snowboard, and ski and meet new people. Now more than 2,500 riders and skiers coming to the High Sierras for Mammoth Lake’s favorite […]
The Matthew Shepard Foundation Gay Ski Week in Crested Butte, CO
Brought to you courtesy of The Seattle Lesbian This spring, the Matthew Shepard Foundation Gay Ski Week will make its grand debut! With the sunshine and snow, there will be a full series of fun ski events and parties. This will all bring attention to the foundation’s mission and expand its message of tolerance, advocacy […]
Gay Ski Week- Wild West Style
By: K. Pearson Brown of Out With Mommy We got a taste of the Rocky Mountain spirit when my partner Kira, our toddler Stephen, and I first arrived at the tiny Montrose Junction Airport, about an hour and a half’s drive from our destination of Telluride. As we loaded into the shuttle, I reminded our […]
Think Snowmobiling!
By: Pearson Brown Kira’s back is a bit better, and we are hoping by tomorrow she will be up to snowmobiling or even– fingers crossed — skiing. This morning we headed out early to the Telluride Gay Ski Week Hospitality Tent at the “Beach” at the bottom of the slopes at the Mountain Village. The staff […]