re: 2021-2022 Ski Thread

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Let’s talk preventing/combatting altitude sickness

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I live at sea level. I slacked a little bit on cardio this ski preseason as I was sick on and off for a month leading up to my trip. Plus the gym is under maintenance so I haven't been playing basketball. Anyways, I struggled hard in Keystone 2 weeks ago



Here's my advice:

1) definitely talk to your doctor and get an acetazolamide prescription if you're worried about it. It helps a lot

2) avoid alcohol. Don't drink a drop if you're struggling

3) drink tons of water. I wear a camelbak on the slopes

4) buy big cans of O2. I went through about 4 in Keystone. I woke up one night with severe nausea, pounding headache, and basically felt like I was about to die (took my blood O2 in pic above). Ripped O2 a few times and nausea subsided long enough for me to take a Phenergan, drink some water and go back to sleep.

5) do cardio well in advance

EDIT: Anyone care to explain the downvotes? I assume it's disagreeing with either 1, 2, or 4

Hit up Copper today. It’s a fantastic mountain with great infrastructure. The snow was great, even surfy in some of the newly opened spots.

Winter Park is on tap for tomorrow.

The Sierra's are just going to get drilled, this is crazy stuff...

Serves that guy right, the people flying down runs with only 10% of terrain open are acting incredibly recklessly.

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Damn man! .77 is no joke.

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I went from sea level where I live to 12,000 ft (Loveland Pass) in less than 12 hours. Plus, I had what was left of a respiratory infection. I was doing Google research trying to figure out at what point I was going to die . I figured as long as I wasn't coughing up a pink froth from HAPE then I could struggle through it.

What's the latest at PC?

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What's the latest at PC?

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26 runs open today. Pathetic.

It's actually more like 13 runs since the Quicksilver Gondola isn't open, so the Park City side and and Canyon side aren't connected. 14 Park City runs and 12 Canyon runs. So you have to drive over between sides to actually do all 26.

It's hilarious they have 17 lifts open to service 26 trails. Makes no sense.

Next week is shaping up to be a giant waste of time. If I could I would have rebooked my trip next week for Tahoe but its too late

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Another option is to get an oxygen machine delivered to your room.

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I've never done this. I need to give it a shot. That would have been better than sucking down O2 cans. I did almost order a mobile IV.

So I’m reading you can’t fly with the O2 cans, are these easy to find once we land? We are flying into Denver and staying in Silverthorne.

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So I’m reading you can’t fly with the O2 cans, are these easy to find once we land? We are flying into Denver and staying in Silverthorne.

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I'd just pick them up at a gas station in Denver. They're pretty much all over the place though. Ski shops at the mountain will have them too albeit at somewhat of a mark-up