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ski resort suggestions wanted please
Hi All:
Since I am very susceptible to altitude sickness I am hoping that someone could give me some suggestions for ski destinations with the following criteria: 1) Located in the western US, preferably no further north than Northern California. 2) Base camp no highter than 8,500 feet. 3) Easy access to hot springs, warm swimming pools. I tried looking in several web sites for this information but none seemed to offer criterion #2 as a search option. Is there any such web site? Of course, I know that altitiude sickness goes away in 3 to 4 days but I dont have more than 3 to 4 days for a ski vacation :-( thanks very much in advance Quark |
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Taos.
This would be a good year to hit up Taos too. |
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thank you. However, base camp at Taos is 9207 feet. In fact, it was at
Taos ski valley several years ago that I discovered my extreme susceptibility to altitude sickness. I guess I could stay in the town of Taos and drive up every day but that takes away a lot of ski time. Quark Yabahoobs wrote: Taos. This would be a good year to hit up Taos too. |
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Wow...I never realized Taos was so high up....
Maybe soem of the more remote CO areas ? Telluride ? Maybe Sun Valley ? |
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Generally speaking, the further north you go in the Rockies, the lower
the mountains. Thus Taos is high, and so are most of the Colorado resorts. You might try the Salt Lake City area -- Park City MR's home page (http://www.parkcitymountain.com/wint...ats/index.html) says their base is 6900 feet. If you stay in Park City, the bus system allows easy access to Deer Valley and the Canyons as well as PCMR, and you'll be a bit lower still. There's also a lift from Main Street to PCMR, so you'd have lots of options. Alta and Snowbird are higher, but their base areas may well still be below 8500 feet. If you're willing to go further north, Jackson Hole's base is about 6350. Carol Harkness Yabahoobs wrote: Wow...I never realized Taos was so high up.... Maybe soem of the more remote CO areas ? Telluride ? Maybe Sun Valley ? |
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Yeah Jax Hole is a good idea...Plenty of snow up there this year too...
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"Carol Harkness" wrote in message ... Generally speaking, the further north you go in the Rockies, the lower the mountains. Thus Taos is high, and so are most of the Colorado resorts. You might try the Salt Lake City area -- Park City MR's home page (http://www.parkcitymountain.com/wint...ats/index.html) says their base is 6900 feet. If you stay in Park City, the bus system allows easy access to Deer Valley and the Canyons as well as PCMR, and you'll be a bit lower still. There's also a lift from Main Street to PCMR, so you'd have lots of options. Alta and Snowbird are higher, but their base areas may well still be below 8500 feet. If you're willing to go further north, Jackson Hole's base is about 6350. Carol Harkness Yabahoobs wrote: Wow...I never realized Taos was so high up.... Maybe soem of the more remote CO areas ? Telluride ? Maybe Sun Valley ? Everything in Utah sucks. You can't get a drink, and there's no snow. Go to Colorado. You're welcome. |
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In rec.skiing.alpine Yabahoobs wrote:
Taos. This would be a good year to hit up Taos too. Their snow hasn't been very good and this last storm dropped more in ABQ. Not to mention the base is way high. SLC has no hot springs, except out in Midway. Does Jackson have any? My suggestion would be Steamboat. Or Glenwood Springs and make the drive to the resorts. If you can compromise on skiing, try Lava Hot Springs and Pebble Creek Ski Resort. -klaus |
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Aren't WY and ID basically covered in hot springs ? I know there' s a
TON of em around here. |
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In article . com,
Yabahoobs wrote: Aren't WY and ID basically covered in hot springs ? I know there' s a TON of em around here. Bill Kaysing authored the best guide to locate hot springs in the West. Kaysing heads the Flat Earth Society and attempted to sue Buzz Aldrin who also punched him out after his harassment. His problem is that his is nothing more than annotations of a DOE survey of geothermal sites (so it's fairly complete if not always readable). Other guides like the Falcon series have somewhat better writing and photos but you can drive or fly by them and not know they are there. CALIFORNIA Many years ago I met a location scout for Warner Brothers who told me that every scenic location in the world could be closely duplicated in some part of California. For example, if you want to film a movie about the Alps, just travel to the High Sierras. For a desert story, drive down to Death Valley. Need lots of water... canals and rivers and the like? The Delta between San Francisco and Stockton has thousands of miles of waterways, many sections resembling the tropics. The same diversity applies where hot springs are concerned. Down south, around Palm Springs, you can experience the delightful contrast of chill desert air just before the sun rises and the relaxing warmth of a mineral pool. If it's high desert you want with pine-clad mountains nearby, then fly to the northern end of the state near Alturas, where you'll find an abundant cluster of springs, many undeveloped and free for the using. In between these extremes, California has a variety of hot springs matched by no other state in the West, some developed into luxurious spas, others waiting in the wilderness for you to discover. --Bill Kaysing, Great Hot Springs of the West -- |
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