This is an old thread, so I may have answered this already. I live at 600 feet and hunt at 8000 in Colorado. I have found I need to triple my workout at home to equal the mountains. So at home I put on a 50# pack and hike the local ski hill for 3 hours to equal one hour in CO. This has served me pretty well. The local hill only has about 200' elevation, but it works. On a machine, an eliptical i set on full incline and full resistance for 1.5 hours to equal half hour pull in the morning up the mountain.
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If you don't have access to one, put 25lbs in your pack and climb stairs, then climb some more stairs! We have an elliptical in the spare bedroom I use in the winter, If Idaho was flat it'd be as big as Texas!!!!