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Elevation Utah 2013 - Park City Gay Ski Week 2013

Celebrating Park City's hot new Gay Ski Week

By , About.com Guide

A new Utah gay ski event produced by the same promoters behind the long-running and highly successful Elevation Mammoth Gay Ski Week, the first annual Elevation Utah - Park City Gay Ski Week takes place this year over President's Day Weekend, from February 21 through 24, 2013. It's held just a couple of weeks after the close of Park City's famed Sundance Festival, which dominates the entire region during the second half of January (January 16-26 in 2014). And it's about six weeks after another event of interest to GLBT skiers in the region, the Utah Gay Ski Safari, which takes place in early to mid-January.

Elevation Utah has become a huge hit since its debut - it takes place in one of the coolest little ski towns in the West, Park City, a fine place to shop and play in. And it's in the heart of Utah's Wasatch Mountains, which offer some of the best ski conditions in the world: spectacular powder, sunny weather, and beautifully kept facilities.

Book rooms and compare rates on hotels in Park City during Gay Ski Week.

The four-day weekend consists of a series of parties (check the official Elevation Utah event calendar for details, including Welcome Apres-Ski on Thursday, followed that night by dancing into the late hours at another favorite Main Street dance club, Downstairs. On Friday there's apres-ski at the Park City Live on Main Street, followed by more dancing and partying into the wee hours. Then on Saturday and Sunday, the festivities continue with more Apres-Ski fun each day, and then big late-night parties each evening. Top DJs Casey Alva and Josh Peace are on hand hosting various parties, as is Salt Lake City DJ Chris Barnes. You can buy tickets for Elevation Utah online, with several different packages available.

Of course, there's also skiing each day at different Park City resorts, informal lunch meet-ups, and an Elevation Utah Guide to Park City, with suggestions on dinner, nightlife, and other things to see and do around the area.

Elevation Utah is offering lodging deals at a number of local host hotels - here's the Elevation Utah Lodging Guide, complete with links and booking information on each hotel. These include Yarrow Hotel, Park City Peaks Hotel, Treasure Mountain Inn, the Chateau at Silver Lake, and Stein Eriksen Lodge Also take a look at the excellent travel website produced by the Park City tourism office as well as the Salt Lake City Convention and Visitors Bureau website, which has plenty of information if you're planning to spend some time there.

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