It's getting a bit cold up here!!! :D

acruxksa · Posted: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:05:59 Post Subject:

Just checked the NWS surface map and it doesn't look like the High pressure system that has settled over the interior is going to be moving anytime soon, so we're probably in for at least another week of this. The last extended cold snap we had was in 1989 and it lasted a couple weeks. It also resulted in a C130 crashing near Fairbanks because they forgot to adjust their altimeter to correct for the extremely high High Pressure.

knight0334 · Posted: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:29:15 Post Subject:

Whats land prices like up there? ...Been thinking about doing the Grizzly Adams/Jeremiah Johnson thing.

Federal or state land grants/patents?

acruxksa · Posted: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:59:18 Post Subject:

It depends where it is, the state is always selling parcels for next to nothing, you might want to check out their site.

http://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/landsale/

BeerCheeze · Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:42:56 Post Subject:

That's pretty cool info there Acruxksa.

Do you know anything about any of the parcels/area's they are selling? Some seem REALLY cheap. Makes me think about investing.

acruxksa · Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:07:36 Post Subject:

I really haven't looked into it lately, I've been waiting for the parcels on Hawkins Island just west of cordova to open up, they have the proposal out, but I don't know if they'll show up for auction this year or next. A lot of the land isn't easily accessible so you have to be careful in that respect. I looked at some parcels outside of Glennallen in the interior this summer and they seemed like pretty good deals, but my parents already own 50acres in the area so I didn't bother bidding on them. I know someone who picked up a 10acre lot for about 11K though which is pretty good considering it was only a couple hundred yards from the highway.

They also give veterans a one time %25 discount, but you would need to establish residency up here first to take advantage of it.

knight0334 · Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:58:00 Post Subject:

I just looked over a ton of those lots. I do see problems with many - access. Looks like you'd have to fly in on several, lacking roads.. Or trespass, which I'm not a fan of doing.

What are property/school taxes like(if any)? I mean, how would a "mountain man" keep his lands when he doesn't have a job to earn money to pay his taxes? What are hunting rights like for those that live the simple life, any inherent harvest rights not needing hunting licenses?

acruxksa · Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:18:23 Post Subject:

Spire · Posted: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:07:31 Post Subject:

I am about 15 miles North of Kenai Alaska and every road I know of out here leads to the middle of nowhere.

You do not have to try hard to be so remote that no one can hear you scream, and still only have a half hour drive to a Walmart.

As far as trespassing, if you own any of those plots of land that far out in the middle of no where, no one is going to be within 100 miles of you EVER, who could possibly b!%@#, and who would they b!%@# to?

A little trivia for you that might help with the SHEER amount of no where there is up here:

If New York County had the same number of people per sq mile as Alaska, there would be ONE person living there. If Alaska had the same number per sq mile as New York County there would be 40,265,976,100 people. (570,380 Square Miles x 70,595 residents per square mile)

Alaska is bigger than Texas, bigger than California, bigger than Montana COMBINED. Being lost and alone is not an issue. (neither is being eaten.)

I love it here. Might want to ask Asylum what he thinks too!!! hehehehe

BeerCheeze · Posted: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:27:23 Post Subject:

acruxksa · Posted: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:16:47 Post Subject:

Wow, I didn't realize Asylum was up here as well. Cool.