tee hee Alyeska Resort base elevation: 250' Alyeska Resort summit elevation: 2750'
----- Original Message ----- From: "Braver, Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 3:06 pm Subject: Eri*K*a's ski trip > Hi Eri*K*a, > > Just checked out the trail map of Mt. Snow - looks really good. > See what ya > mean about the flat spot at the bottom of Mine Shaft if you were > continuingacross to the right on the map (to the left skiing). > > FYI Mt. Snow and Heavenly are owned by the same company, American > Ski Corp. > > If ya come out here, you gotta remember to bring supplemental oxygen: > > Mt. Snow base elevation: 1,900' > Mt. Snow summit elevation: 3,600' > Mt. Snow vertical drop: 1,700' > > Heavenly base elevation: 6,540' > Heavenly summit elevation: 10,040' > Heavenly vertical drop: 3,500' > > What's *really* bizarre is if people do a day trip from the San > FranciscoBay Area or Sacramento area to Heavenly, they are going > from sea level to > near-stratosphere in a couple of hours, then over-exerting > themselves, then > going back to thick air. > > It's actually possible to get "altitude sickness" doing that... > but I haven't had the problem - must be 'cause I'm already an air > head <g> > > -Benny > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
