About Us

European Gay Ski Week was born out of Man Mountain 'The European Gay Ski and Party Week' first organised in 2007 in Solden, created by Kevin Millins, former director of world-famous London Gay night club Heaven and head of Pure Organisation.

Pure Organisation has been running clubs, events and concerts for over 40 years in London, Paris and New York. Making it one of the worlds longest running Gay Promotors.

Now at its 16th Edition, European Gay Ski Week is the biggest and only roaming queer winter sports and music festival packed with cabaret, comedy and parties from a selection of the best clubs, DJs and performers from Europe and the world.

Over the years European Gay Ski Week has grown steadily and now gathers more than a thousand winter sports enthusiasts from all over the world. We are proud to welcome everyone from the LGBTQI+ community and their friends and family, mixing together a whole variety of people.

Kevin Millins, Event director, in Qweerist, February 2019.

For many, skiing and snowboarding epitomises feelings of freedom and self-expression. For the LGBTQ+ community, these are sentiments not taken for granted and there is a huge demand for spaces that are guaranteed to be welcoming, inclusive and where LGBTQ+ people can relax, be themselves and just have fun.

European Gay Ski Week welcomes more than 1,000 LGBTQ+ people each year. It is a truly international event at our last event guests originated from 49 countries around the world,. The Pure Organisation strives to provide at the European Gay Ski Week the opportunity to not only enjoy queer-specific spaces, but offer an LGBTQ+ inclusive way to get outdoors be active and enjoy winter sports in beautiful mountain settings.