Normally all that is changed for conversion between natural gas and propane is the fuel orifices. Same with altitude. Output will be reduced a bit a high altitude. Probably easiest to just call the manufacturers of interest and confirm that they have the appropriate orifice sizes for your altitude and fuel. Electricity of course has no such issues, although baking temperatures and times are affected though.

In the past, I've recommended to friends who were building a home in the mountians to consider electric over LP since there is no losses with electric. If the electric grid experiences a lot of black outs LP with the lower BTU output may be better for stove top cooking but almost all gas ranges use electric ignition for the ovens anymore with the exception of comercial ranges.

True but even if the power is out most gas stove tops can be match lit.

We had LP for our whole house when we moved in. We're at 6400 ft. We converted to natural gas as quickly as possible because (1) it was available on our street; (2) the cost of LP was astronomical.

We had a gas cooktop which ran on LP for the first 3 months before we did the conversion. It was a GE Monogram. I found the BTU level puny, but that wasn't the fault of LP. After the conversion which included changing the orifices, it was still puny.

We took the gas cooktop out and replaced it with induction which is working perfectly. We have had occasional power fluctuations, but no long term outages. I don't plan to go back to gas any time.

Cheryl

Thanks for responces, my gut tells me to go with induction. Not so much for the cost of LP but more for the performance loss at my altitude. The potential for mechanical issues is a bit of a problem also.

We're looking at the Bosch 36" Induction cooktop. It seems like a nice relative value when compared with other brands. We much prefer the look of gas but I must say we are leaning toward induction.