Smoking at altitude - taste issues

I live at 8400', so that is my norm. I also smoke some down at 800'. Everything tastes and smells slightly different, but I assume that is more related to humidity. At elevation, we are usually at single digit humidity. I wouldn't say the magnitude of taste changes. I smell more earthy, musty, peaty smells at higher humidity. So maybe if that is your norm, it probably tastes a little hollow.

Other issues change taste for me. If I am busy, I'm smoking hotter be default. With any wind, the tobacco is just burning hotter. If I am talking, I am constantly smoking cool and relighting. If I'm outside and it's cold, i tend to smoke faster and hotter to get back inside. Those things all really change tastes for me. So, it's hard to get a good comparison for me.