Arosa Gay Ski Week 2027

Arosa – Hosts for Europe’s most stylish Gay Ski Week 2027

Arosa Gay Ski Week takes over one of Switzerland’s most gay-friendly mountain resorts for seven days of skiing, après-ski, mountain lunches, dinners, drag shows and late-night parties, attracting over 800 guests from around the world.

Stay at Arosa Vetter Hotel, right by the lifts and train station and one of the meeting points for the daily guided ski and snowboard groups.

Arosa Gay Ski Week

• Next Event: Saturday, January 16, 2027 To Saturday, January 23, 2027.
• More than 800 guests attend the week.
• Ski and snowboard across 225 km of pistes, 50 km of freeride terrain and two snow parks.
• Daily guided ski and snowboard groups run from Sunday to Friday.
• The programme mixes mountain meetups, daily queer après-ski, friendship dinners, drag shows and club nights.
• Non-skiers can join many of the mountain lunches, dinners, parties and social events.
• Friday 15th features an early-arrivals dinner and cocktails at Faern Hotel Altein.
• Event passes are available for seven, five or three days.
• Arosa Gay Ski Week has been running since 2005.

What to Expect

• Arosa works particularly well as a gay ski week destination as the social programme runs from the slopes straight into après-ski and dinner rather than relying solely on late-night parties.
• Skiers and snowboarders can join hosted groups each morning, meeting other guests while exploring Arosa Lenzerheide. You need to be comfortable skiing or riding red intermediate runs independently to join.
• Non-skiers still have plenty to do. Mountain restaurants can be reached by cable car or on foot, and the week includes lunches, dinners, shows, wellness, sledding and nightlife around the village.
• The daily rhythm is simple: ski or explore the mountains during the day, meet everyone for après-ski from around 3:30 pm, head to dinner and finish at one of the evening parties.

Arosa Gay Ski Week 2027 – Highlights

Date & Time	Event	Venue & Details
Saturday 16th 6 pm-8 pm	Welcome Cocktail	Kursaal Arosa. Meet the team and other guests over drinks and bites before the opening night.
Saturday 16th 10 pm	Break the Ice	Kursaal Arosa. Opening party with drag performers, dancers and international DJs.
Sunday 17th 12 pm-4 pm	SunGay Alpine Vibes	AlpArosa. Mountain terrace party with Kely Starlight, dancers and an international DJ.
Sunday 17th 3:30 pm-6 pm	Queer Après-Ski	Güterschuppen. The main daily meeting point after skiing, returning across the week.
Sunday 17th 6:15 pm	Fondue & Night Sledding	Tschuggenhütte. Evening cable-car ride, sledding, mulled wine and traditional cheese fondue.
Sunday 17th 10 pm	Disco Avalanche	Wandelbar & Wunderbar. Two floors mixing 70s disco, house and tech house.
Thursday 21st 10 pm	Heidi & Peter	Wandelbar. Kinky party with leather, harnesses, uniforms, rubber and Alpine fetish looks.
Friday 22nd 7 pm	White Dinner	Weisshorn summit. Dinner and live entertainment at 2,653 metres, reached by cable car.
Friday 22nd 10 pm	White SnowBall	Backstage. Closing party with international DJs, drag performers and dancers.

Skiing Arosa Lenzerheide

• Arosa connects with Lenzerheide to create one of Switzerland’s largest linked ski areas, with 225 km of prepared pistes, 50 km of freeride terrain and two snow parks.
• Daily Gay Ski Week groups meet at Arosa Vetter Hotel at 10 am from Sunday to Friday.
• The Snow Hosts guide intermediate and advanced guests around the ski area. They are not instructors, so beginners should book lessons before joining the hosted groups.
• For a social stop on the mountain, Tschuggenhütte hosts a daily meetup from 11 am to 4 pm, with reserved space for Gay Ski Week guests.

Queer Après-Ski

• Güterschuppen by Arosa railway station is the main afternoon meeting point, with Queer Après-Ski typically running from 3:30 pm to 6 pm.
• It is one of the easiest events to join if you are travelling alone. Skiers arrive directly from the mountain and non-skiers can simply walk over from the village.
• Thursday moves the après-ski programme to Vetterstübli for a special Schlager edition.

The Main Party Venues

• Kursaal Arosa – Poststrasse 131. The main nightlife hub for the opening weekend and several late-night events, including Wandelbar and Wunderbar.
• Güterschuppen – Oberseepromenade by Arosa railway station. Home of the regular Queer Après-Ski and several dinner and entertainment events.
• Faern Hotel Altein – Alteinstrasse 33. Hosts early-arrival events and selected dinners during the week.
• Tschuggenhütte – Mountain restaurant and meeting point used for lunches, fondue and night sledding.
• AlpArosa – Mountain venue hosting Sunday’s SunGay Alpine Vibes terrace party.
• Wandelbar & Wunderbar – Inside the Kursaal complex, hosting several of the week’s late-night club events.
• View the complete 2027 programme

Where to Stay

Arosa is compact, but for Gay Ski Week the most useful location is around the train station, Obersee and central Poststrasse. This keeps the lifts, après-ski and main nightlife within easy reach.

• Hotel Altein Arosa, a Faern Collection Resort – Stylish four-star resort between Arosa’s two lakes with pools, spa facilities and several Gay Ski Week events on site.
• Valsana Hotel Arosa – Contemporary four-star superior hotel overlooking Obersee with a spa and ski-to-door access.
• Tschuggen Grand Hotel – Five-star mountain retreat with the Mario Botta-designed Bergoase spa and its own private mountain railway.
• BelArosa Suiten & Wellness – Highly rated four-star superior hotel close to the centre with ski-to-door access, suites and an extensive spa.
• 10 best hotels in Arosa

Getting to Arosa

• Fly into Zürich and take the train to Chur, changing there for the mountain railway to Arosa. The final section climbs through the Schanfigg valley and arrives directly in the centre of the resort.
• Allow around 2 hours 30 minutes for the complete rail journey from Zürich Airport, depending on your connection.
• Once in Arosa, you rarely need a car. The railway station, Weisshorn cable car, central hotels and many Gay Ski Week venues are within walking distance, with local buses covering the rest of the resort.
• If you drive, the road from Chur climbs through the mountains with numerous bends. Winter tyres are required for sensible winter travel, and snow chains may be needed during heavy snowfall.