Want to try skiing but must avoid Altitude sickness

[Anonymous]

Is Stowe the best option for lower altitude skiing? I researched the resorts in Colorado and Utah but altitude sickness seems to be an issue there, and we have to avoid that.

Where are your favorite low altitude ski resorts in the US?

Any recommendations for favorite lodging and restaurants in Stowe?

[Anonymous]

Curious why you “have” to avoid it? You can acclimate and should be ok

[Anonymous]

Stowe would not be good this late in the season. There are plenty of places out west where altitude is not an issue. Park city comes to mind. Also you can spend a night in Denver to acclimate then go to Colorado resorts and that helps a lot. Also plenty of fluids and no alcohol.

[Anonymous]

This will be a short trip over a long weekend, so we won’t have time to acclimate. I don’t want to spend any part of our vacation feeling sick with headaches, dehydration, nausea, insomnia etc.

I have huge fibroids and already struggle with low iron so I’m not taking any chances with the possibility of altitude sickness.

[Anonymous]

What do fibroids have to do with altitude?

[Anonymous]

Whistler

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is Stowe the best option for lower altitude skiing? I researched the resorts in Colorado and Utah but altitude sickness seems to be an issue there, and we have to avoid that.

Where are your favorite low altitude ski resorts in the US?

Any recommendations for favorite lodging and restaurants in Stowe?

Yes you should not get sick at Stowe. Just make sure to be hydrated but I have skiied their my whole life no one I know has ever gotten altitude sickness there.

Remember Stowe is not awesome skiing it's basicaly ice. I'd be way more worried about that. LOL

[Anonymous]

Utah

[Anonymous]

My mother and I are anemic and have never suffered from altitude sickness. We love going to high altitude villages in the Alps. We've both gone on steep cable car ascents up mountain peaks, including the Aiguille du Mont Blanc, which is known to trigger malaise in certain people. We were a little short of breath once we got off at 12,600 ft (3800m), but that was all. Fibroids are not related to altitude sickness at all.

I understand you really don't want to risk it for such a short trip, though.

[Anonymous]

There is a medicine you can take to prevent altitude sickness. Just ask your doctor and don’t stress. Avoid Breckenridge but almost any other place in Utah or CO will be fine.

[Anonymous]

Actually, we went to deer valley/park city recently and 2 out of 4 us had altitude sickness for two days. Not sure why people are saying it’s not an issue there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whistler

No. At almost 8k feet many who suffer from AS will feel the symptoms. Could take the AS meds and stay hydrated to mitigate it

[Anonymous]

Tremblant in Quebec. The dollar is strong right now so it’s also a relative bargain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tremblant in Quebec. The dollar is strong right now so it’s also a relative bargain.

Yes, I know this isn’t in the US but it’s easier to get to than many US resorts.

[Anonymous]

I got extremely altitude sick in Cusco Peru, but I haven’t had issues East Coast skiing in the Poconos or snowshoe or Vermont.

I actually didn’t even have issues at Brian head UT - but the difference between that trip and Peru is that when I went to Brian head - I acclimated very slowly. I did Vegas 2 days, Zion 3 days, Bryce 2 days before Brian head.