Davos, Switzerland
10-18 March 2002

Europe's highest town lets its hair down for Swiss Gay Ski Week for the first time this year (www.rainbownetwork.com). Bookings can be made through the Switzerland Travel Centre on freephone 00 800 100 200 30.

Sestriere, Italy
17-24 March 2002

The roaming European Gay Ski Week arrives in Italy this year. Alternative Holidays (020 7701 7040) will organise packages for £739, including full-board accommodation and booze with meals and a six-day ski pass and tuition.

Queenstown, New Zealand
7-15 September 2002

Gay Ski Week. After a successful debut last year the après-ski capital of the southern hemisphere is set to swing again.

Aspen, USA
January 2003 - date to be confirmed

Aspen's Gay and Lesbian Ski Week is North America's biggest gay ski festival, attracting 5,000-plus participants. This year's event included a gay and lesbian film festival for the first time.

Katschberg, Austria
January 2003 - date to be confirmed

The sixth annual Austria Gay Ski Week will be held once again in Katschberg, 90 minutes south of Salzburg. The Munich-based firm Atlantis Travel (00 49 89 23 66 600) can arrange trips.

Whistler, Canada
February 2003 - date to be confirmed

'Altitude', Whistler's Gay and Lesbian Ski Week, is now in its tenth year and still going strong.

Proof that the gay skiing world is burgeoning can be found in the creation of the European Gay Winter Games, expected to take place in 2004. Try Fired Up For Snow for up-to-date information on progress.