Price includes your choice of housing, meals, program, and access to Rowe Camp grounds and amenities. Commuting guests must purchase the commuter option, which covers the program and facility use fees.Our updated booking system now allows room selection.

To support accessibility, we may reassign rooms as needed for mobility-impaired guests. Please consider leaving first-floor rooms, such as Tranquility Dorm, for those who require accessible facilities.

If a housing conflict arises, our front desk staff will contact you prior to your arrival.

About The Winter Retreat

We welcome you to our newest retreat for Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer men, “Spring Thaw: A Retreat for Men Who Love Men.” This retreat serves many men as a mid-year reunion of the cherished Rowe Labor Day Retreat and emerged in the years following the COVID pandemic. At that time, we were worn out by the pandemic yet yearning more than ever for the kinds of connections we can create at Rowe. And so, we gather with a slightly different sense of purpose from our Labor Day gathering: a desire to rest and relax deeply, together.

For those familiar with the Labor Day Retreat, you will find “Thaw” significantly less busy and less programmed. It is a shorter weekend retreat with fewer planned activities and more free time. While some retreats encourage us to push our “growing edges” or lean into challenging activities, the call here is the opposite. This is a weekend for extraordinary men to be content with “just enough”, a weekend for relaxing into ourselves just as we are.

The weekend is open as a reunion for previous Rowe Labor Day attendees but also welcomes those curious about Rowe. We provide newcomer support both before and throughout the weekend and are happy to answer all of your questions as you consider attendance. Expect delicious, nourishing meals,  gentle morning yoga (beginners are welcome), reflective workshops, a great dance on the last evening, games, quiet corners in which to read or converse, and more. The weekend is lightly programmed and spacious.

Beyond our indoor activities, Rowe Center’s trails offer a serene and remote retreat for those craving time in nature, and our hot sauna will take the chill off when you return from your hike.

We welcome all gay, bi, trans, queer, and questioning men. We celebrate men from every walk of life—from all races, cultural identities, spiritual beliefs, economic backgrounds, body shapes, physical capabilities, gender expressions, and neurological diversities. This is a sober (alcohol- and substance-free) event.

Please consider joining us this April.

You may learn about and register for our Labor Day retreat here.