U.S. alpine warfare capabilities?

[ganulv]

There was a great amount of public criticism and outright bashing post-Anaconda concerning the 10th Mountain Div and its lack of mountain training area, lack of acclimatisation prior to deployment, lack of alpine expert trainers and so on.

I think (could be wrong) that the Vermont National Guard runs the Army’s mountain warfare school. I’m not clear as to whether any of their units are true alpine warfare units or not.

The area around Watertown is flat as a board, but it’s close enough to the Adirondacks for easy day trips. But to keep acclimated to altitude within U.S. territory a unit would need to be based out west.