- Boot Tan Fest has grown quickly in dimension since its founding in 2021 as an all-women ski retreat
- This 12 months, the weekend, which can probably embrace at the least 500 girls is happening at Colorado’s Sunlight Mountain Resort
A snowboarding occasion marketed primarily towards girls permits ‘female-identifying and nonbinary’ skiiers on the slopes in the course of the ski retreat’s annual after-hours bare lap.
Boot Tan Fest is returning to the Colorado slopes in March for a weekend of snowboarding and particular occasions meant to bolster friendship among the many feminine skiier neighborhood.
The occasion, first placed on in 2021 with simply 27 skiiers, is ‘the most important ski and snowboard competition on the planet for girls and femmes,’ based on its web site.
Boot Tan Fest has expanded significantly since its founding. Last 12 months, ‘400+ unbelievable girls & femmes ignited Boot Tan Fest’s liberating vibe.’
Jenny Verrochi, the occasion’s founder, who can be described as an ‘occasion enchantress,’ watched Boot Tan Fest develop quickly into an occasion that now attracts some 500 folks yearly, for which skiiers fork over a whole lot of {dollars}.
Boot Tan Fest has grown quickly in dimension since its founding in 2021 as an all-women ski retreat
The weekend famously contains an after hours bare ski lap, which all girls and ‘feminine figuring out’ skiiers are invited to affix
Recently, based on the Denver Post she mentioned that they selected this 12 months’s venue for the occasion – the Sunlight Mountain Ski Resort – becasuse it is a ‘tremendous low-key, very chill vibe.’
‘This wouldn’t be doable at Aspen Mountain or Vail Resorts,’ she added.
Boot Tan Fest will not be totally taking on Sunlight Mountain, so in the course of the day anybody – male, feminine, or neither – will likely be invited to affix in on the snowboarding and snowboarding.
But, as soon as the resort closes at 3pm on March 29, the slopes will likely be open solely to Boot Tan Fest official friends, who will likely be invited to take the ski lifts up the mountain earlier than stripping down for the bare lap.
‘It’s a traditional ski day along with your garments on after which it’s an after-hours factor,’ Verrochi mentioned, including that undressing will not be a requirement.
The occasion, she mentioned, goals to be a secure house for all.
The weekend may also embrace an space the place women-owned manufacturers can arrange store and peddle their wares, in addition to an après ski tailgate that may happen on the night of the 29.
Those who want to go house with a everlasting memento can commemorate the epic slope day with a tattoo finished by the onsite tattoo artist who will likely be stationed on the backside of the mountain.
The retreat will conclude the following morning with a guided journaling follow that may embrace stay music.
This 12 months, the weekend, which can probably embrace at the least 500 girls is happening at Colorado’s Sunlight Mountain Resort
The retreat’s founder mentioned that the objective of the rising occasion is to foster camaraderie between like-minded feminine (and different) skiiers
Skiiers could have the chance to take the ski lifts up the mountain earlier than stripping down for the bare lap – although doing the run within the nude will not be a requirement
Verrochi mentioned that the objective of the rising occasion is to foster camaraderie between like-minded feminine (and different) skiiers.
‘We need it to be welcoming. Come by your self and also you’re certain to stroll away with buddies,’ she mentioned.
Tickets for the late-March occasion are nonetheless accessible for differing greenback quantities relying on the chosen package deal – extra data is out there at boottanfest.com.