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I've routinely taken my horse from the great sand bar know as Florida 
where my house sits about 150 feet above sea level to the Rocky's. After 
a day or two rest from the long trailer ride they are rip roaring ready 
to go and I've not noticed any problems they have with the altitude. 
Twice we've stayed in the Rockys for a prolonged period of time ( I was 
working out of Denver ) and didn't notice any "let down after a few 
days."  In fact they seem to do better because the humidity is so much 
lower.

Humans on the other hand normally take awhile to acclimate. Go - have 
fun - take care of yourself - the horses will be fine.

Truman

Kristi Schaaf wrote:

> Because I LOVE to plan trips (I should have been a
> travel agent), I'm already in the process of planning
> a major horse trip to the mountains for next fall.
> Does anyone have any info to share on the problems
> with taking flat-lander horses to the mountains? We're
> talking going from my house at under 1,000 feet above
> sea level to 8-10,000 feet. It seems that I read a
> post on ridecamp awhile back that mentioned that you
> either need to take them up and do your ride and get
> back down, or you need to acclimate them slowly before
> riding in upper elevations. We plan to be 'in the
> mountains' for approx 7 or 8 days. Anyone have any
> info on how/when to ride while up there in no-oxygen
> land? We'll condition the best we can with the hills
> we have, so the actual climbing isn't as much of a
> concern as elevation sickness. 
> Kristi iluvdez at yahoo dot com   
>
> Life's a journey, so enjoy the ride (and try not to fall off)
>  


--

"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite 
of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."    Niels Bohr 
-- Nobel Laureate, Physics




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