Elevation 2012, is our tenth annual Mammoth Gay Ski Week! Yikes! I remember our first year, when we tested the waters by sending out a few emails to friends and we had more than 300 people show up. Since then, we've grown each and every year. And now we have more than 2,500 riders and skiiers coming to the High Sierras for Mammoth Lake's favorite event of the year.

People ask me why Elevation is so successful. For a few reasons. Elevation offers an alternative to the gay party scene. Yes, we have huge dance parties with the nationally known DJs. but this weekend is about more than just those parties. We hold Elevation in one of the most beautiful settings in the country. When you come to Elevation, you experience some of the best spring skiing in the world, at a world-class resort where the unbelievably long season lasts well into spring and even summer, with one of the highest average snowfalls in the country.