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I'd second that re the road to Steamboat - quite unnerving driving along in your hire car as massive US 4x4s pirouette towards you.
On the altitude question I add nothing new except advising you to consider staying off the booze completely – if you get a chunky hangover at Breck altitude you feel like you’ve been in a train crash (at least I did).
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| stoatsbrother wrote: |
| Triple B, I have spent a day in Denver - don't bother. |
Over the years I have spent quite a few weeks in Denver. You have to know where to go & its not all downtown.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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you do not have to go over berthoud pass.
you can drive to steamboat via silverthorne on highway 9.
having said that the road over berthoud pass is wide and very well maintaintained in terms of avy work and snow plows........oops i mean ploughs.
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northernsoulboy,
If transfer time from the airport is an issue, then the Utah resorts are probably the shortest of all. You might not be able to get a direct flight from civilisation (oop north) though.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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i heard somewhere that 1/2 an aspirin a day for a couple of weeks before you go thins the blood a bit and makes the transition to altitude easier. not sure where this came from, i've a memory like a goldfish. 
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rogg, It's rubbish - all the aspirin does is inhibit platelet aggregation and get rid of teeny weeny headaches. The only really proven preventative medication for altitude effects is Acetazolmide, and that has so many side effects, I wouldn't recommend anyone who wasn't going to sleep above 4000m bothering.
stanton, but would you choose a day in Denver over a day on the snow?
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Darky
Darky
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Hmm, I think if you want to thin the blood, take a Garlic everyday (get some 1 a day capsules). And it's more natural and safe.
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| Darky wrote: |
| Hmm, I think if you want to thin the blood, take a Garlic everyday (get some 1 a day capsules). And it's more natural and safe. |
folks, don't get bog-faced on plane over, drink buckets of water when you get there, and expect to be a bit out of breathe for a few days.
It's not rocket science 
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Thinner blood = Higher blood pressure = more oxygen being diffused into blood? I'm guessin that's the rationale behind it, if it's true is another thing.. 
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I reckon altitude only really becomes an issue above 3000m (and really 3500m). Drink loads of water for the first couple of days. You may not sleep that well for the first couple of nights but beyond that you should be fine.
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Having just returned from my fifth Himalayan trek I would say that altitude problems can begin for most people at about 8,000 feet or say 2,500 metres.
Because the air is less dense at altitude the body adjusts by producing more red corpuscles to extract the maximum amount of oxygen available. This thickens the blood.
Alcohol thins the blood which is exactly the opposite of what you want to happen and also increases dehydration. It is essential to keep well hydrated.
The simple test as to whether or not you are well hydrated is when you take a pee. It should be "clear and copious". If it is a darker colour and there is not much of it, you are not properly hydrated and should drink more water.
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