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Several hundred of gay and lesbian skiers from the International Gay & Lesbian Outdoor Organization (IGLOO) are coming back to Stowe for a long weekend of alpine and Nordic skiing February 25- March 1.
Top-notch gay & lesbian entertainment is planned for Friday and Saturday nights in addition to a pajama party, contra dancing, and nightly entertainment in the cocktail lounge at the Commodore's Inn. Along with downhill and cross-country skiing, there will be snowshoeing, ice skating, ice climbing, and anything else the weather and Stowe facilities allow.
This will be the fourteenth year that the IGLOO weekend has been held at an eastern ski resort. It moved from Killington to Stowe to Mt. Tremblant to Mt. Ste. Anne to Lake Placid before coming back to Stowe.
Several years ago, the organizers, who represent GLB outdoor clubs from all over the east, decided that Stowe offered the best, friendliest facilities and made the Vermont town the permanent site for the annual event.
IGLOO charges $55 for skiers who sign up before January 15 and $70 thereafter. This fee covers an identifying button so you tell who's part of the group on the slopes plus discounted lift tickets, a Weds. night welcome party, two nights of special entertainment (in past years, they've had The Flirtaitions, Lea Delaria, and Betty), DJ and dancing every night, theme parties, ski races, and the ubiquitous commemorative T-shirt.
To register, send your check to IGLOO Î98, c/o David Kass, 39 Fairlawn Ave., Albany, NY 12203. Please include your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, outdoor club affiliation (if any), and T-shirt size. Indicate whether you want your name and address published in the directory to be distributed to participants. You'll also have to sign a waiver that you won't hold them responsible if you run into an unfriendly tree. Questions can be answered at (617) 469-3895 6pm - 10pm and at IGLOO@tiac.net.
The group takes over the Commodore's Inn for the weekend (800 44-STOWE) [4
nights for $260 per person double occupancy], which is the site of all the entertainment
events. It also has arranged special rates for the Golden Eagle (800 626-1010)
[4 nights $259], Buccanneer Country Lodge (802 253-4772) [$163], Peacock Motel
(802 253-7244) [$120-145], and Pines Motel (800 336-9288) [$100-170]. Reservations
should be made directly with any of the inns.
