This...
Camp Verde is only 35 min down the hill...
There is also the NAU pool... Above 6500ft you aren't going to find a comparable pool...

My first thought is Nederland Colorado. 8200 ft with possibility of finding accommodation above 9000. Lots of great road and MTB riding round there. Roll down to Boulder at 5200 ft for your higher intensity stuff and take the bus back up, or go an extra bit to Longmont at 5000 ft or Greeley area at 4700 ft for that couple extra % of oxygen for those weekly VO2max intervals.

Aldo Sfalcin runs cycling camps there, might be a good first contact.

Just saw this - Flagstaff is a pretty good and inexpensive place (though the biking routes aren't great). About five years ago, I drove up there from PHX after a conference and trained for a few days. I loved it and have been going up there in the spring ever since. The NAU Wall Aquatic center is state of the art (I think the Brazilian team was there when I was) and Buffalo Park has a nice track to run. I will usually hike Mt. Humphreys at least once a visit and just hang out. It's a blue collar college town and fairly cheap. Not for everyone, but if you're trying to simplify things and get some training in, I highly recommend.

Park City pools would be @7k ft with an extensive trail network. Long Course pools at 5kft are also available.

Drop down into SLC/Draper, and you can sleep at 4500ft. Draper also has 50+ miles of trails.

Little and Big Cottonwood, Empire Pass, Guardsman's are all 3500ft climbs within an hour.

Hello rmg and All,

As previously mentioned the Mammoth/Owens Valley area looks good and it is easy to get to high altitude .....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Whitney 14,505 ft

https://en.wikipedia.org/...untains_(California) 14,252 ft



Kids might like https://en.wikipedia.org/...ey_Radio_Observatory



And ..... http://mavensphotoblog.com/...ing-things-on-earth/

https://www.mammothmountain.com/winter



http://www.eachtown.com/...us=75&unit=miles

https://www.mammothmountain.com/...do/summer-activities

My nephew took his kids (teen age boys and a girl) up to that area last summer for about 2 weeks and they had a great time dirt biking (motorcycles) and camping.

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Cheers, Neal

+1 mph Faster

Nealhe
Driving up to Mammmoth tomorrow for a week of skiing. On our Spring trips we generally ski mornings and hike in the afternoons but with the amount of snow this year and top half of the mountain in winter conditions looks like we’ll be mostly skiing.

I’m sure there will be cycling and running groups out in the Owens Valley.

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Train safe & smart
Bob

This was my thought - ticks all the boxes. Did some training for IM Canada up there last year including 100 milers