I just want to encourage all teenagers with Type 1 diabetes that the world is their's for exploring.This summer my daughter, who is 14 yrs old and had diabetes since 4th grade, went backpacking in the remote mountains of Wyoming. Our family traveled to the Medicine Bow Mountains and hiked into the back country for 3 days. Jessie is a pumper,using the ANIMAS pump and also has the DEXCOM continuous glucous monitor. The high elevation and exercise made her more prone to low sugars so she did turn her basal rate down,sometimes as much as 50%.

I'm new to the site.I will be hiking in Medicine Bow mountains soon with my 14yr old daughter who has Type 1. She is use to exercise-soccer,mountain biking,track and field and mini triathlons but I don't know how higher altitudes will effect her sugars. We live in Michigan(800ft elev) and will be hiking at 7000-9000ft elev. She is on an insulin pump and has a Dexcom Continuous monitor (recommend it to any one doing sports with diabetes for tracking low and highs). Any advice or things I need to watch for? Thanks for any and all input.