With winter in full swing (mostly), people are starting to head for the ski slopes. And what’s better than a day of skiing? Après-skiing, maybe? Altitude sickness can sneak up fast — especially if you’re sipping cocktails to enhance the late-day euphoria. @foodandwine discusses why alcohol hits different at higher elevations and how you can prevent that two-by-four-to-the-forehead feeling from drinking too much up there:

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#Culture #Skiing #ApresSki #Sports #Alcohol #Mountains #Drinking

Altitude and Alcohol: Why Your Usual Drinks Hit Different in the Mountains

Planning a ski trip? Learn how altitude sickness starts, what symptoms to watch for, how alcohol at elevation worsens it, and smart prevention and treatments from experts.

^{Rich Manning (Food & Wine)}

A new thematic #map arrived: mapcomplete.org/ski

It features an interactive display of:

- #ski pistes
- #aerialways
- 3D-visualisation of the terrain
- various useful POI, such as #guideposts, information boards, #restaurants mountain #rescue stations, ...

All data is of course based on #OpenStreetMap (with the addition of height data and aerial imagery of course)

This might or might not be created because @pietervdvn went #skiing last week ;)