Stowe’s LGBTQ Winter Pride Festival , Winter Rendezvous, celebrates 41 years of providing snow much fun for hundreds of LGBTQ winter enthusiasts. Offering five full days of world-class skiing and boarding at Stowe Mountain Resort in Stowe, Vermont, this fun-filled event also has many other outdoor activities, parties, and entertainment sure to delight avid skiers and non-skiers alike.

This is more than a one destination party, as participants get to experience skiing and snowboarding at Vail’s Stowe Mountain Resort featuring Mount Mansfield, Vermont’s highest peak 4,393 ft., and Spruce Peak offering 116 trails and 39 miles of terrain. World class cross-country skiing and snowshoeing are offered at the Trapp Family Lodge, the official Nordic Center of Winter Rendezvous. Other outdoor activities include ice skating, horse drawn sleigh rides, snowmobiles, dog sledding, hot tubs and bonfires.

Ski Party Play

Happenings include the opening party at Stowe Bowl, Stowe’s Boutique bowling Alley, daily on-mountain après-ski parties, VIP Bonfire Bash with complimentary cocktails, local craft beer, wine & cheese. A giant indoor pool party at Trapp Lodge with DJ Keith James, Drag Bingo (all proceeds to benefit Harbor to The Bay) hosted by Vermont’s own House of LeMay, Stowe’s largest LGBTQ+ dance party at the Alfie’s Wild Ride with DJ Steve Sidewalk and Live performances by Paige Turner  and Dina Martina. 

Winter Rendezvous – January 17-21, 2024 Stowe, Vermont

Click here for tickets and schedule of events, here for lodging, and here for lift tickets and rentals.

Produced by: MJW Adventures

Official Ski Resort: Stowe Mountain Resort

Official Host Hotel Topnotch Resort

Official Nordic Center: Trapp Family Lodge

Title Sponsor: Barefoot Wine & E&J Gallo Wines

Presenting Sponsor: Brown and Forman, b\well Ticket Information 

Winter Rendezvous also coincides with Stowe’s Winter Carnival Festival.

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Bryen Dunn is a freelance journalist based in Toronto with a focus on tourism, lifestyle, entertainment and community issues. He has written several travel articles and has an extensive portfolio of celebrity interviews with musicians, actors and other public personalities. He’s willing to take on any assignments of interest, attend parties with free booze, listen to rants, and travel the world in search of the great unknown. He’s eager to discover the new, remember the past, and look into the future.