What's the next great high altitude town for year around living/training?

stan the corgi wrote:

If you don't mind a little driving, Klamath Falls, Oregon, might be a good place. Sits about 4000 feet. Has all amenities of any city/town. Drive about an hour or so away and there are miles of roads and trails at Crater Lake, in which the rim road is at 7000 feet. Warm/hot in the summer, cold and can be very snowy in the winter. Great XC skiing area too. Very affordable.

I don't know anything about Klamath Falls but generally speaking most of Oregon is a right wing rat hole.

I'm sure you could find a place that fits those criteria in Ecuador or Peru. The equatorial location would give you favorable year round training conditions. Loja, Ecuador seems promising. Not as high or polluted as a place like Quito.

thedawg42 wrote:

Sounds like Albuquerque to me, plus nicer weather year round then Boulder, Flag, Park City. Cheaper to live there too.

Agree with this. I've always thought NM is a nice option for decent weather and cheap living, though it gets hot. The challenge is, per OP's original question, how do you get to low elevation? Where do you go from Albuquerque or Silver City or Cloudcroft for example? Or Las Cruces or Los Alamos.? Also, the crime is high in NM, and there are places you simply don't want to be caught running.

Honestly OP, unless you want to go with some of the already-known locations, your best bet is just to live at low altitude but get a hyperbaric sleeping tent. Spend 10-12 hours per day in the tent, set at 7,000'.

Also, Summerhaven, AZ is a possibility, with pretty easy access to Tucson, but not so much in the winter. I have no clue what it's like to train there though, but Tucson and surrounding area has plenty of options.

bannned i got wrote:

Salida colorado, 7083

Flat, lots of hills right outside of town, perfect yr round weather, lots of your douchie needed hipster night life for you and a nice 2 yr old resurfaced track.

Exactly. There are hundreds of high elevation little towns in CO, NM, UT, MT, ID, WY that aren't home to posh ski resort. Quite the opposite.

I agree

Everywhere has been found, but all things considered Running Springs or Big Bear, CA, is the answer.

Prescott, AZ

Oregon was 100+ degrees last summer, the Olympics aren't getting any cooler, and oil rich desert countries can bribe their way into hosting athletics championships. It's becoming obvious that a new training paradigm is needed.

Best place to train going forward - Florida.

Former ski bum wrote:

stan the corgi wrote:

If you don't mind a little driving, Klamath Falls, Oregon, might be a good place. Sits about 4000 feet. Has all amenities of any city/town. Drive about an hour or so away and there are miles of roads and trails at Crater Lake, in which the rim road is at 7000 feet. Warm/hot in the summer, cold and can be very snowy in the winter. Great XC skiing area too. Very affordable.

I don't know anything about Klamath Falls but generally speaking most of Oregon is a right wing rat hole.

That sounds like a good thing.

let's be hones, come on wrote:

bannned i got wrote:

Salida colorado, 7083

Flat, lots of hills right outside of town, perfect yr round weather, lots of your douchie needed hipster night life for you and a nice 2 yr old resurfaced track.

Exactly. There are hundreds of high elevation little towns in CO, NM, UT, MT, ID, WY that aren't home to posh ski resort. Quite the opposite.

not close to good job bro

#BRAP

I am an hour from Mexico City airport. Living and training my athletes at 3100m (10,100ft.) No snow, not too cold, great trails, track 30 minutes away at 2200m (7200 ft.).

Cost: apartment and lots of natural great food and juices, $450 month!!!

So far, great results:

JJ Esparza 13:29

Daniel Estrada 13:30, 7:44, 3:39

Abraham Martell 13:42, 29:13 at elev.

Erick Cayetano 29:27 at elev.

Boulder bro wrote:

let's be hones, come on wrote:

Exactly. There are hundreds of high elevation little towns in CO, NM, UT, MT, ID, WY that aren't home to posh ski resort. Quite the opposite.

not close to good job bro

#BRAP

Oh, ok. So the criteria is:

1. Altitude

2. Great weather

3. Inexpensive

4. Proximate to great jobs and thriving economy

5. Quick access to lower elevations

6. Great restaurants and night life and cultural activities

why not just add free luxury housing, personal butler, free luxury automobile

Jemez1 wrote:

I am an hour from Mexico City airport. Living and training my athletes at 3100m (10,100ft.) No snow, not too cold, great trails, track 30 minutes away at 2200m (7200 ft.).

Cost: apartment and lots of natural great food and juices, $450 month!!!

sounds good, except for the part where you are murdered by the cartels

Laramie, WY - 7200 Feet.

1. Altitude - Check!

2. Great weather - Check! only 20F right now but was 60s two days ago! Just wait a day or two any bad weather will pass. Summers are fabulous. Ignore all the new wind turbines near the town. We are totally not windy! (by Mt Washington standards).

3. Inexpensive - Check! No state income tax either.

4. Proximate to great jobs and thriving economy - You can remote work! (also hint: you can't have great jobs/economy and inexpensive together unless you remote work).

5. Quick access to lower elevations - 5000 feet in about an hour. (Trivia: how many East Africans in Kenya/Ethiopia have easy access to low elevations? Answer: none!)

6. Great restaurants and night life and cultural activities - oh totally, you should checkout the Buckhorn. Some class individuals hang out there.

CU Buff wrote:

Laramie, WY - 7200 Feet.

1. Altitude - Check!

2. Great weather - Check! only 20F right now but was 60s two days ago! Just wait a day or two any bad weather will pass. Summers are fabulous. Ignore all the new wind turbines near the town. We are totally not windy! (by Mt Washington standards).

3. Inexpensive - Check! No state income tax either.

4. Proximate to great jobs and thriving economy - You can remote work! (also hint: you can't have great jobs/economy and inexpensive together unless you remote work).

5. Quick access to lower elevations - 5000 feet in about an hour. (Trivia: how many East Africans in Kenya/Ethiopia have easy access to low elevations? Answer: none!)

6. Great restaurants and night life and cultural activities - oh totally, you should checkout the Buckhorn. Some class individuals hang out there.

If you can work remotely then there are hundreds of little town you can choose from.

Laramie weather sucks and it's always windy. I'll say that again. It's always windy.

All of WY along i-80 is a dump. And that's being kind. But to each his own. Personal preferences.

The whole access to lower elevations crap is just that. The entitled US runners feel they need it. Are you trying to tell me an elite 10k runner can't run 60 sec. 400's at altitude? How many 10k guys average 60 sec. pace in a race anyways? They can also knock off a couple of 55's to finish off a workout any time. Speed is not the issue.

Boulder bro wrote:

Boulder bro

close to jobs too, plus the LostBoyz/SEBO gang shout out to my homies BCJ release on the creek bike path whatup

You want to be closer to 7000ft. Boulder is only 5000ft. Still good , but not great.