Terms of Service

These Terms of Service govern your use of The High Altitude Kitchen website and Sage™, our cooking and baking assistant. By using the service, you agree to these terms. We've written them in plain language. If you have questions, contact us at the bottom of this page.

Who we are

The High Altitude Kitchen operates thehighaltitudekitchen.com and the Sage™ cooking and baking assistant. References to "we," "us," or "our" refer to The High Altitude Kitchen. References to "you" refer to anyone who uses the service.

Using the service

You may use The High Altitude Kitchen and Sage for personal, non-commercial cooking and baking purposes. You agree not to:

• Use the service for any unlawful purpose

• Attempt to reverse engineer, copy, or reproduce Sage's underlying system or methodology

• Resell, sublicense, or redistribute access to the service

• Use automated tools to access or scrape the service

• Share your account credentials with others

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate access for anyone who violates these terms.

Sage's supported elevation range

Sage™ supports elevations of 3,000 ft to 10,500 ft only. If you are below 3,000 ft, sea level recipes generally work without adjustment and Sage is not designed for your kitchen. If you are above 10,500 ft, Sage will ask you to confirm your elevation before proceeding. Guidance provided outside this range may not be accurate.

Nature of Sage's guidance

Sage's guidance is only as accurate as the information you provide. If your elevation, zip code, atmospheric readings, recipe details, or answers to Sage's diagnostic questions are incorrect or incomplete, her output will reflect that. A wrong ingredient, a misremembered quantity, or an inaccurate elevation can all lead to guidance that doesn't match your actual situation. For best results, have your recipe in hand, confirm your elevation, and answer Sage's questions as precisely as you can.

Sage rounds her output to practical cooking and baking measurements. The underlying calculations are precise, but her guidance is expressed in increments you can actually measure in a real kitchen — standard teaspoon, tablespoon, cup fractions, and temperature increments. This is intentional and does not affect the accuracy of her guidance in any meaningful way.

Some recipes cannot be successfully adapted for high altitude regardless of adjustment. When that is the case, Sage will say so directly rather than provide guidance that is unlikely to produce a good result. She will always suggest the closest viable alternative or a different approach.

When Sage assists during an active cooking or baking session — helping to correct or salvage a dish in progress — her guidance represents her best assessment based on the information available at that moment. Mid-cook situations involve variables that are difficult to fully describe and impossible to observe directly. Sage's real-time guidance is offered in good faith but cannot guarantee a successful outcome.

Sage is not a substitute for professional food safety advice. For questions about food safety, allergens, or dietary restrictions with health implications, please consult a qualified professional.

While we have worked hard to make Sage's guidance reliable and accurate, cooking and baking involve variables — ingredient quality, equipment, technique — that are outside our control. We cannot guarantee specific results.

Intellectual property

The High Altitude Kitchen, Sage™, and the underlying methodology that powers Sage are proprietary. Sage™ is a trademark pending. The system behind Sage is the subject of a pending patent.

All content on this site — including blog posts, recipes, copy, and design — is owned by The High Altitude Kitchen unless otherwise noted. You may not reproduce, copy, or distribute any content without written permission.

Corinne's Recipes are exclusively available to Sage Plus subscribers and may not be reproduced, shared, or distributed in any form.

Third-party recipe links

When you ask Sage to find a recipe, Sage provides links to recipes hosted on third-party websites. Sage does not reproduce, copy, or display the full text of third-party recipes. The content at those links is owned by its respective creators and is subject to their own terms of use and copyright.

We do not endorse, guarantee, or take responsibility for the accuracy, availability, or content of any third-party site Sage links to. Links are provided as a convenience. If a link is unavailable or the content has changed, that is outside our control.

Your use of any third-party site you reach through Sage is governed by that site's own terms of service.

Subscriptions and billing

Sage Free is available at no cost. It includes 2 Sage conversations per month, which reset on the 1st of each month. Unused conversations do not carry over.

Sage Plus is a paid subscription available monthly ($8/month) or annually ($75/year). It includes 15 Sage conversations per month, which reset on the 1st of each month, plus all Sage Plus features including Corinne's Recipes and saved recipes.

All payments are processed securely through Stripe. By subscribing, you authorize recurring charges to your payment method at the frequency you select.

Cancellation policy

Monthly subscribers may cancel at any time. Access continues through the end of the current billing period. No partial refunds are issued for unused time within a billing period.

Annual subscribers may cancel at any time. Access continues through the end of the annual period already paid for. No partial refunds are issued for the remaining months of an annual subscription.

Cancellation stops future charges only. It does not delete your account or your saved data. If you return to Sage Plus in the future, your saved recipes and account information will be exactly where you left them.

If you wish to permanently delete your account and all associated data, contact us directly.

Your saved data

Sage Plus subscribers can save converted recipes along with the elevation and atmospheric parameters used to generate them. This data is stored securely and associated with your account.

We do not store conversation transcripts. Conversations with Sage are processed in real time and are not saved to our systems.

If you cancel your subscription, your saved recipes are not deleted. They remain associated with your account and will be accessible if you resubscribe. If you want your data permanently deleted, contact us.

No ads. Ever.

The High Altitude Kitchen does not display advertising and does not sell your data to advertisers. This applies to both Sage Free and Sage Plus users. It will not change.

Disclaimer of warranties

The service is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that any specific cooking or baking result will be achieved by following Sage's guidance.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, The High Altitude Kitchen shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the service, including but not limited to failed recipes, wasted ingredients, or unsatisfactory results.

Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms of Service from time to time. If we make meaningful changes, we will notify Sage Plus subscribers by email and update the effective date at the top of this page. Continued use of the service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.