If there was a defining event, Busch thinks it was a party thrown by the local gay community at the Aspen Art Museum.
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First thing we knew, we had a club from Texas, another from Chicago, and all the clubs started growing."
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"They started inviting us to their condos for parties," Busch says, "and then we decided we should coordinate so that all the gay ski clubs knew which weekend was the one to come. Around that time, gay ski clubs from Los Angeles and San Diego were organizing trips to Aspen. Jerry's Place was short-lived, but a scene was born. And sure enough it was very successful, because the straights want the best dance music too." We went to Jerry and told him we could make a go of it as a gay bar-turn his place into a popular dance club, because, you know, the gays know the best dance music. "We decided Aspen needed a gay bar," says Busch, "so we looked around for the worst business in town, and it was Jerry's. As was so often the case back then (see Stonewall Inn), the local gay scene got started in a bar, Jerry's Place.Īlso Read: Here’s What to Think About When Deciding Between a Trip to Vail or Aspen "We kind of had to pick a year," he says.Įven in the 1970s, a still-dark (Anita Bryant) but transcendent (Stonewall riots) time for gays, Aspen was an unusually gay-friendly town, recalls Busch, who moved there in 1969, ran the local radio station, KSPN, and later managed the Aspen Film Series.
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Emphasis on "circa": One of its founders, Jon Busch, says its origins were informal, so it's hard to nail down an exact first year. Photo credit: Keri Bascetta The Early Days of Aspen Gay Ski WeekĪspen's is the original gay ski week, dating back to circa 1976, which makes it nearly a 50-year tradition. Open-minded and accepting of the freshie lifestyle under the Silver Queen at Ajax.