A friend and I are from Wisconsin (<500ft) and are heading out to Colorado in exactly 3 weeks! We are both in extremely good shape but I was still wondering about acclimating. We will be backpacking sections 18-28 (starting at hwy 114 trail crossing). I know acclimating is something to pay attention to, so we're trying to do the best we can with the time we have.
We will be spending the good portion of an afternoon and tenting a night in Gunnison before heading out the next morning to the section 18 trailhead-- this should give us at least a little bit of time to adjust at about 7k feet. We are planning on taking the first day a little easier, again to adjust, and it will be nice to "only" be at 9k feet for a day or two.
On the second day we would like to climb San Luis Peak, but obviously we will see how we're feeling from the day and a half before.
Let me know what you think and if you think we will at least be "alright" with this amount of acclimation.
Thanks!