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Support The Center @ Vail Gay Ski Week + Steamboat Joins The Fray

January 19th, 2010

Vail Gay Ski Week starts on the 27th and the evening of Friday the 29th they’re having a benefit dinner, auction, magic show and dance for the GLBT Center of Colorado.  Here’s their spiffy flyer:

I just got an email from the organizers that tickets have now been discounted two-for-one.  That means a regular price ticket [...]

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Jibbers Rejoice As Ruby Hill Railyard Opens

January 8th, 2010

Starting in 2006 Denver Parks And Rec has partnered with Winter Park to open up a FREE urban snowboard/ski park here in the city when a cold-snap permits.  Well our time has come and the Ruby Hill Rail Yard opens on Saturday Jan 9th.  Christy Sports will even be on site with free gear rentals.  [...]

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OutBoard Announces Impromptu Crested Butte Trip: Jan 15-18

January 4th, 2010

Since southwest Colorado has been getting nailed with snow recently the boys from OutBoard (Colorado homegrown LGBT snowboarding/skiing group) have decided to organize a last minute weekend trip to Crested Butte in two weeks.  Whereas Summit County resorts like Keystone are only 65% open, 100% of Crested Butte’s beginner, intermediate and advanced terrain is already open, the [...]

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The “I’m In The Middle Of A Sex Change” Alibi

December 7th, 2009

The Denver Post reports today that ski pass fraud is up this year.  Over the weekend there was a particularly amusing story around someone getting caught using a pass that wasn’t theirs. Via the Pueblo Cheiftain:
A father was “shocked” last weekend when a local deputy called asking whether his son was having a sex change [...]

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Breck Gay Après Changes Day/Location

November 16th, 2009

Eric over at GayBreck.com has announced HO’s and MO’s, Breck’s weekly gay apres is no longer at  Cecilia’s on Sundays.  The show has moved to the River Mountain Lodge Bar on Saturdays which has ski-in access via the Four O’Clock run on Peak 8 (see map below).  Eric also has a kind of entertaining special [...]

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OutBoard Registration Now Open

November 7th, 2009

Frankly I’m one of the biggest homos I know, I read all the gay rags and get into activism and follow gay pop culture and bla bla bla…
But one thing I’ve never done is attend a gay ski/snowboard week. OutBoard is Denver’s own home-grown gay ski week and this year it’s being held in [...]

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Gay and Lesbian Sierrans’ Bird Photography Outing

October 21st, 2009

Whenever I attend one of Element’s events I am always reminded of how diverse the interests of our participants and Denver’s gay community are. Earlier in the week Drew posted an event announcement from the Gay and Lesbian Sierrans which is a LGBT section of the Seirra Club’s Rocky Mountain Chapter.
Their website is right [...]

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Outboard announces dates for 2010

October 6th, 2009

Outboard, the more Colorado gay ski week, run by the boys at Connexion just announced their date and location for this year’s festivities:
It was Prof. Plum with the ski pole in the lodge.
kidding.
Breckenridge, March 30, 2010 through April 4, 2010 and the host hotel is Main Street Station at Peak 9.
Their website [...]

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Ski-Train Service May Be Re-Started

August 6th, 2009

And I bet some of you didn’t even know the Ski Train had shut down.
But yesterday the Denver Post reported the company that runs the Alamosa-based San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad is expressing an interest in taking over the Ski Train service.  Apparently the San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad train cars sit largely [...]

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The Weekend Of May 15-17

May 15th, 2009

Sorry, this pre-Memorial Day weekend weekend is a little slow.

Free Friday night and know what Creative Commons is?  Well Friday night the film “RIP: A Remix Manifesto” is being screened at Denver Open Media.  The film examines “remix culture and the ideas of sharing the work you create” including an interview with Creative Commons founder [...]

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