Golly, I know the Tories in power up there now tend to be right-wingers, eh — but really…

OK, actually this is about extreme sports, not extreme politics, and also shows the degree to which the gay travel industry is diversifying. Remember when it was enough for gay tour operators  to offer just a boys’ week in Rio or Provence, or a queer cruise of the Caribbean? Then in more recent years, the adventure travel market started going gay, and gay ski weeks became popular.

So OK, you poofter powderhounds, get ready for the next level. Normally I wouldn’t be inclined to do an entire post on a single tour-operator product, but this coming April 11th to 18th an outfit called Canadian Mountain Holidays will be kicking it all up a notch by offering the first-ever Gay Heli-Ski Week. You know heli-skiing, where they chopper you way the hell out in the middle of some mountain range and drop you onto a virgin slope. In this case it’s the Selkirks range in southeastern British Columbia. For the occasion, CMH has rented out a cozy resort called the Gothics Lodge, is getting together a group of 34 fags and dykes, and is promising 100,000-foot verticals and après-ski friskiness like a “longjohns-and-lingerie” party.

One thing, though: it’s not exactly what you’d call cheap — $5,500 Canadian (at the moment that’s US$5,060), though that does include round-trip transfers from Calgary airport, all meals, and non-alcoholic bevvies.  But if you’re a hardcore schusser who likes to travel gay, this sounds like it could be a real keeper. Get more details at CMHSki.com/gayheliski or 800.661.0252. Then go ahead and get yer poles polished and ready…

Yours truly,
Dave

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