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petersometimesclimbs
Trad climber
boston, ma
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 1, 2016 - 12:17pm PT
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haven't been following US politics too much, but surely Trump isn't going to win...........................................................right?!
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID
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Let's hope you're right.
I moved to Boise because it's nice here and all the things I like are fairly close by.
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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As a medical professional you can probably command a good salary, so there are lots of options. In Boulder the median price of a home is roughly .5 million, and, from what I've read here, in San Jose that would get you a fixer-upper with cockroaches.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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If you're into alpine then Washington is the only place to live.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Reno is level2?
Tahoe/Mammoth/Yosemite and all eastern Sierra are within striking distance
Reach out to Footloose who posts here- he's somewhere between Reno and Tahoe to think.
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Utah?
I'd say Colorado but snow in the winter may drive you indoors, not good. Boise is a good suggestion.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Albuquerque, Boise, Spokane, Portland..and more.
I'm not going to try to get into the where of sport, gym, Alpine etc.
All the great cities of the west are within reach of greatness. Wages and quality living at home, where you spend most of your time are key, it seems to me.
Example: Albuquerque doesn't get enough credit, for being almost another country culturally, next to 10,000 ft peaks, Alpine rock climbing, great food, clip ups, Rockies within pretty easy reach etc.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Montrose, Colorado. You could live in the country south of town and be twenty minutes from both work and excellent sport (on three rock types) and superb seasonal ice climbing in Ouray. You would be an hour from some of America's best multipitch trad in the Black Canyon and world class hiking in the San Juan mountains. You would also be in easy striking distance of Indian Creek and Desert Towers.
Montrose has a good hospital. Chris Ryder, a 5.13 climber, is an anethesiologist there. It's a beautiful area and housing is considerably less expensive than Boulder or Bishop. I live in Ouray and love it. There is a very active climbing and backcountry ski community.
Montrose has about 15,000 inhabitants and is 5,700 feet above sea level. As you move south towards Ridgway 25 miles away and Ouray 35 miles there are more elk than people and the elevation gradually rises to 7,700 feet.
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Crazy Bat
Sport climber
Birmingham, AL & Seweanee, TN
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Think about Chattanooga Tennessee. Where else can you get so many double letters? Google Sunset Rock, Pigeon Mountain, Tennessee Wall, Dennys Cove, Little River Canyon, Cherokee Rock Village, Foster Falls. There is an active Climbing group with a great website called the Southeast Climbers Coalition.
If you need a bigger Medical Complex consider Nashville and Vanderbuilt or Birmingham Alabama with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). For after work climbing Chattanooga would rock. There is so much rock I only know of one climbing gym. The weather is moderate, allowing climbing year round. Not much Ice Climbing though.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Don't move to Santa Cruz, it sucks.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Think about Chattanooga Tennessee.
Right. Because it's so close to the alpine climbing the OP said he wanted to be close to.
Not.
And a question for the OP: Are you able to live in Canada? Not that there aren't great places that match your criteria in the US, but your options increase substantially if you look north of the US border as well.
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couchmaster
climber
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Montrose. Fantastic area, Domini has it. North Cascades a distant second.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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...a major hospital nearby...
...near or in the mountains at altitude...
...lots of opportunity for sport, trad and alpine... You got a lot of advice, but not all of the suggestions meet all of your criteria, especially the altitude criteria.
Boulder is extremely expensive, and unless you're rich and already have a well-paid job lined up, you'll be sharing an apartment with of 3 other people and barely scraping by. Forget about buying a house...
Denver and Colorado Springs areas are better choices
-Not so expensive
-High altitude (4,000 - 5,000 feet)
-lot of climbing nearby
-big hospitals all over the place
Western Colorado is also not a bad choice
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Scott McNamara
climber
Tucson, Arizona
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You might consider Flagstaff, Arizona.
As far a rock climbing is concerned, it has a great deal. In addition, it is located so that Lemmon, JT, Red Rocks, Moab are all very accessible.
It has a Level 1 Trauma center. An acquaintance, who is a cutter and used to occasionally write a medical column for Climbing, settled there.
While it does not have alpine or ice, it is so located that these types of climbing are not a horrendous drive.
It is a very livable town, albeit it somewhat expensive.
http://www.flagstaff.az.gov/index.aspx?nid=2
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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I really like the San Juans. Flagstaff has the Grand Canyon, it is not alpine except maybe briefly in the winter after a storm on the rim, but it has a lifetime of adventures.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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They don't allow mas#@&%es west of the Mississippi. Hmm, I guess you can't say mass hole.
Just kidding. I think you'd get better responses listing the level 2 trauma centers in the mountains and where they are, then the posters could fill you in on the climbing around them.
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petersometimesclimbs
Trad climber
boston, ma
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 1, 2016 - 06:01pm PT
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wow thanks a lot for all the replies!! I will definitely look into all those places. Other things I could have probably mentioned is availability of ski touring nearby and a progressive mindset in the community, but I don't want the list of prerequisites to run off the page...
And a question for the OP: Are you able to live in Canada? Not that there aren't great places that match your criteria in the US, but your options increase substantially if you look north of the US border as well.
Unfortunately Canada has a different exam and licensing procedure from the US so unless I spend significant amount of money & time on that, I would not be able to work in Canada.
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petersometimesclimbs
Trad climber
boston, ma
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 1, 2016 - 06:05pm PT
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Reno is level2?
Tahoe/Mammoth/Yosemite and all eastern Sierra are within striking distance
Reach out to Footloose who posts here- he's somewhere between Reno and Tahoe to think.
Reno does indeed have a level 2 trauma center but unfortunately all the surgical training posts of Nevada are located in Vegas...not wanting to offend anyone from Vegas, but I really can't see a blissful life there for me....
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petersometimesclimbs
Trad climber
boston, ma
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 1, 2016 - 06:10pm PT
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I think you'd get better responses listing the level 2 trauma centers in the mountains and where they are, then the posters could fill you in on the climbing around them.
http://www.amtrauma.org/?page=findtraumacenter
select green and red pins would list all the lvl 1 and 2 trauma centers...interestingly, notice the striking difference between east and west of the Mississippi...
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SuperTopo on the Web
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a major hospital nearby (preferably with a level 2 trauma center) - unfortunately for climbing my profession is in medicine...
Let us know!