This is excellent advice.

I would at least consider spending a night in Denver or Boulder (6k feet) before heading up into the mountains. This is what my family normally does. Might seem like you're wasting a day, but the benefits of acclimatizing at a 'medium' altitude for even just one night may give you a whole extra day of feeling good at higher altitude. Plus, Boulder is an very cool city to visit in its own right.

 Originally Posted By: a401classic
Watch out for the altitude. Absolutely the highest snow skiing I've ever done. If there is any way you can spend a day or two at ~6000-8000 ft to get used to the difference, you'll be better off. Out of 200 of us, more than 50% were diagnosed with altitude sickness - headaches, vomiting, fever; very similar to flu symptoms. Our condo was at 11,000 and we would ski the entire 13,000 to 9,600 ft range. Great time, other than the first 3 days. Steamboat Springs is still my favorite ski place, imho, partly because of the altitude.
Summertime there's lots to do http://breckenridge.snow.com/summerhome.asp

Scott


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