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Posted: 1/9/2024 6:47:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ludder093: Now that's my kind of weather. I love the heat. Build is looking great, op. It's going to be a awesome little cabin! I really like that big front porch. There's nothing as relaxing and sitting on a nice porch and while having a drink at sunset with the FIFY |
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Posted: 1/10/2024 4:39:49 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Rosta97]
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Digging around found a weather station that gives current temperature not far from my cabin(the before mentioned predictions are from a station approximately 20 miles away.)
This is the current temperature from only a couple miles away.  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/10/2024 5:06:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: Digging around found a weather station that gives current temperature really not far from my cabin(the before mentioned predictions are from a station approximately 20 miles away. This is the current temperature from only a couple miles away. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/4FFEA4E7-E5E9-4BB3-AD89-ACC1A986D73C_jpe-3089255.JPG  |
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Posted: 1/10/2024 6:14:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: Digging around found a weather station that gives current temperature not far from my cabin(the before mentioned predictions are from a station approximately 20 miles away.) This is the current temperature from only a couple miles away. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/4FFEA4E7-E5E9-4BB3-AD89-ACC1A986D73C_jpe-3089255.JPG 
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Posted: 1/11/2024 10:59:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: Digging around found a weather station that gives current temperature not far from my cabin(the before mentioned predictions are from a station approximately 20 miles away.) This is the current temperature from only a couple miles away. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/4FFEA4E7-E5E9-4BB3-AD89-ACC1A986D73C_jpe-3089255.JPG I deer hunted in a few degrees colder than that from 1st light to dark for days one year in Saskatchewan. Sitting in a plywood box with 2 1lb propane canisters and a tiny shitty heater. Trees were popping like gunshots. I was a little scared because it was a 30 minute ride on a quad (the guides drop you off and pick you up) from the nearest dirt road and another 30 minute drive in the truck after that to any type of civilization. Each morning when the sound of the quad went away was as alone as I've ever felt. Froze my ass off even wearing Northern Outfitters warmest system. Never. Again. |
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Posted: 1/12/2024 5:43:24 PM EDT
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Gonna make a weather call in the morning. Not going out at night with these temps to mitigate some risk. If it’s -20 or warmer tomorrow I think we’ll end up going.
Yeah yeah Rosta you’re a pussy my grandad walked to school in -120 barefoot both ways. And I’d gladly go at any temp. But bringing my kids makes me be more cautious. |
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Posted: 1/12/2024 6:10:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: Gonna make a weather call in the morning. Not going out at night with these temps to mitigate some risk. If it’s -20 or warmer tomorrow I think we’ll end up going. Yeah yeah Rosta you’re a pussy my grandad walked to school in -120 barefoot both ways. And I’d gladly go at any temp. But bringing my kids makes me be more cautious. No reason to take unnecessary risks. I don't really wanna spend time at my cabin at -20, plus all our outhouses are not in use these days |
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Posted: 1/12/2024 6:36:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: Gonna make a weather call in the morning. Not going out at night with these temps to mitigate some risk. If it's -20 or warmer tomorrow I think we'll end up going. Yeah yeah Rosta you're a pussy my grandad walked to school in -120 barefoot both ways. And I'd gladly go at any temp. But bringing my kids makes me be more cautious. Canadians make some sleds with a little houses/covers on them. Also ones that fit on flat sleds. I want to build a copy. One time my wife,kids and father inlaw went to a funeral by snogo. Was -35f and blizzarding.. Made damn sure my kids had multiple sleeping bags to cover them in the sled. Was a bit cool for them. |
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Posted: 1/12/2024 10:56:35 PM EDT
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We used to take our kids(s young as 4&6 yrs old) to camp, roughly 40 miles on sleds...ended up getting them the best gear we could buy, putting hand warmers in boots and gloves, duct taping both bibs to boots and jackets to gloves, then using electric shields on the full face helmets so they could see, just had the older one hang onto my mountain bar and my wife used a kids harness to strap our daughter in front of her so the daughter went with the wife when ever she fell off the sled(don't ask
 ), anyway, worked good even in -40 weather, kids always toasty warm and comfortable and the electric shields kept the vision nice and clear....Of course when they got older they got their own sleds for x-mas when they were 10 and 12 years old...That really put them on top of the world...
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Posted: 1/12/2024 11:04:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: LeadBreakfast]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: Gonna make a weather call in the morning. Not going out at night with these temps to mitigate some risk. If it’s -20 or warmer tomorrow I think we’ll end up going. Yeah yeah Rosta you’re a pussy my grandad walked to school in -120 barefoot both ways. And I’d gladly go at any temp. But bringing my kids makes me be more cautious. I hear that. Me? Whatever. Kids, family? Big nope unless everyone is in and understands. |
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Posted: 1/13/2024 3:51:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/13/2024 8:32:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/95D8A8A5-0D24-4468-A826-6D81754354B8_jpe-3092896.JPG Heading out. -17 at the gas station in town. Supposed to be warmer up there.  Always colder down on the rivers. |
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Posted: 1/15/2024 9:04:28 PM EDT
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 Attached FileWas a heck of a storm last week. All the snow was blown off the high ground and into drifts on the low ground. Lot of stuff outside by cabin blown around. Glad the cabin and outhouse survived. Got down to -25 Saturday night. Was able to keep it +72 in the cabin. Did burn a lot of wood though.  Attached FileCan see the smoke rising from my cabin here.  Attached FilePut up some solar lights.  Attached FileWas flat light, snowing, and windy on the way back. Glad I didn’t do either of the trips at night. |
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Posted: 1/15/2024 9:15:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/08D40B0A-87F7-48E3-BA12-2A3031405949_jpe-3096030.JPG Was a heck of a storm last week. All the snow was blown off the high ground and into drifts on the low ground. Lot of stuff outside by cabin blown around. Glad the cabin and outhouse survived. Got down to -25 Saturday night. Was able to keep it +72 in the cabin. Did burn a lot of wood though. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/13F9C130-64E7-42B8-8F62-5F3D070E694A_jpe-3096033.JPG Can see the smoke rising from my cabin here. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/AD01C2E4-51F3-4814-8920-0459ED250C7B_jpe-3096034.JPG Put up some solar lights. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/C7D2C74A-0F1E-4352-BD90-DC89B72BBFDE_jpe-3096035.JPG Was flat light, snowing, and windy on the way back. Glad I didn't do either of the trips at night.  Easier to see at night than flat light. One time I almost drove into a big hole with my eldest when it was flat light. Get some headlight bulbs that are yellow/amber on low beam. Plus add some amber led pods. |
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Posted: 1/15/2024 9:42:30 PM EDT
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Any concern with ice build up taking the stove pipe? Do you have enough property to supply wood, are you going to have to haul in by truck in the summers, or can you cut locally on public land? I've got a cabin in the middle of nowhere but not near as remote as yours. Looks like an excellent place for solitude.
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Posted: 1/15/2024 9:43:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By akcaribouhunter: Easier to see at night than flat light. One time I almost drove into a big hole with my eldest when it was flat light. Get some headlight bulbs that are yellow/amber on low beam. Plus add some amber led pods. Night just would have been hard with no sign of the trail. That and the snow/wind today would have been hard to see very far. The wind had knocked over the tripod I built. I think if I didn’t have kids the wife and I would be moving to the cabin full time sooner rather than later. |
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Posted: 1/15/2024 9:46:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Weasel_Master: Any concern with ice build up taking the stove pipe? Do you have enough property to supply wood, are you going to have to haul in by truck in the summers, or can you cut locally on public land? I've got a cabin in the middle of nowhere but not near as remote as yours. Looks like an excellent place for solitude. Hopefully not on the ice. Was kind of surprise it survived the 60+mph winds. I got enough on the property we’ll be good for a few years. There is a public wood cutting lot about 10 miles back on the highway for if/when I have to haul in wood. |
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Posted: 1/15/2024 9:46:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Weasel_Master: Any concern with ice build up taking the stove pipe? Do you have enough property to supply wood, are you going to have to haul in by truck in the summers, or can you cut locally on public land? I've got a cabin in the middle of nowhere but not near as remote as yours. Looks like an excellent place for solitude. Was icing up too much and smoking out the house. Most run toppers without the middle band or even a topper. |
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Posted: 1/15/2024 9:54:00 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Rosta97: Night just would have been hard with no sign of the trail. That and the snow/wind today would have been hard to see very far. The wind had knocked over the tripod I built. I think if I didn't have kids the wife and I would be moving to the cabin full time sooner rather than later. Search and rescue drill holes then put the tripod legs in,pack with snow/ice and then pour water in the holes. Originally Posted By Rosta97: Hopefully not on the ice. Was kind of surprise it survived the 60+mph winds. I got enough on the property we'll be good for a few years. There is a public wood cutting lot about 10 miles back on the highway for if/when I have to haul in wood. That way when you really need wood that is close it will be there. |
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Posted: 1/15/2024 9:56:35 PM EDT
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Gonna build a big ass wood shed and fill it this summer. Basically just surviving day to day at this point with the wood.
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Posted: 1/15/2024 10:23:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: Gonna build a big ass wood shed and fill it this summer. Basically just surviving day to day at this point with the wood. Woodshed is pretty empty. Wanna come haul logs with trips over a hundred miles? I need to learn the trail to the Yukon as most of the dry wood nearby is gone. |
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Posted: 1/15/2024 10:58:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/08D40B0A-87F7-48E3-BA12-2A3031405949_jpe-3096030.JPG Was a heck of a storm last week. All the snow was blown off the high ground and into drifts on the low ground. Lot of stuff outside by cabin blown around. Glad the cabin and outhouse survived. Got down to -25 Saturday night. Was able to keep it +72 in the cabin. Did burn a lot of wood though. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/13F9C130-64E7-42B8-8F62-5F3D070E694A_jpe-3096033.JPG Can see the smoke rising from my cabin here. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/AD01C2E4-51F3-4814-8920-0459ED250C7B_jpe-3096034.JPG Put up some solar lights. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/C7D2C74A-0F1E-4352-BD90-DC89B72BBFDE_jpe-3096035.JPG Was flat light, snowing, and windy on the way back. Glad I didn’t do either of the trips at night. That last pic kinda reminds me of this time I hiked to an ice cave and the local dude told me not to worry about snowshoes or the trail cause it would be so well travelled I would have no issue. He was wrong. 
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Posted: 1/16/2024 2:01:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rippr334: That last pic kinda reminds me of this time I hiked to an ice cave and the local dude told me not to worry about snowshoes or the trail cause it would be so well travelled I would have no issue. He was wrong. I’d like to think I used words like “usually” and “probably” But I’ll own that. I’ve never needed flotation to get there. |
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Posted: 1/16/2024 7:35:59 PM EDT
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New video of installing our kitchen. Bonus footage of me hitting my hand with a hammer.
 Phase 10 of building our off grid remote cabin in Interior Alaska: Installing our Kitchen & Window! |
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Posted: 1/16/2024 8:14:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: New video of installing our kitchen. Bonus footage of me hitting my hand with a hammer.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIPlg04-kVUTake and drill out the hitch to half inch. Then take a old snogo shock and cut the shaft Pull the bushing out and drill a pin hole. Wire or tie rope the pins to the sleds. I always carry at least three. |
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Posted: 1/16/2024 8:46:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By akcaribouhunter: Take and drill out the hitch to half inch. Then take a old snogo shock and cut the shaft Pull the bushing out and drill a pin hole. Wire or tie rope the pins to the sleds. I always carry at least three. Yeah I got some proper ones. That was a “let me just stop at the store on the way out”. Never occurred to me that a pin made specifically for that wouldn’t fit. |
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Posted: 1/16/2024 8:52:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: Yeah I got some proper ones. That was a "let me just stop at the store on the way out". Never occurred to me that a pin made specifically for that wouldn't fit. Doo hitches are funny size. That is why I go 1/2in. Easier to find in the store. |
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Posted: 1/17/2024 2:46:51 AM EDT
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Are you far enough north that you get no sunrise at all? If so, how long does that last?
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Posted: 1/17/2024 12:52:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jodan1776: Are you far enough north that you get no sunrise at all? If so, how long does that last? I’m about 75 miles from the Arctic circle. So still get a little bit of sun on the shortest day but not much. |
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Posted: 1/25/2024 12:36:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/25/2024 1:53:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: Gonna be too cold this weekend. Ride into work today: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/ABC576BF-B931-4C65-BC6E-0E7C150DCC6D_jpe-3106914.JPG Forecast: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/CEA912B1-2469-4D1D-8C68-063F3CB79609_jpe-3106915.JPG |
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Posted: 1/25/2024 2:17:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: Gonna be too cold this weekend. Ride into work today: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/ABC576BF-B931-4C65-BC6E-0E7C150DCC6D_jpe-3106914.JPG Forecast: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/CEA912B1-2469-4D1D-8C68-063F3CB79609_jpe-3106915.JPG Thats really cold |
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Posted: 1/25/2024 3:29:36 PM EDT
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When I see sustained temps like that I have to wonder, are you and your wife born and raised in AK? If not, how'd you come about ending up there? If that's too personal feel free to ignore it.
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Posted: 1/25/2024 3:30:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: Gonna be too cold this weekend. Ride into work today: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/ABC576BF-B931-4C65-BC6E-0E7C150DCC6D_jpe-3106914.JPG Forecast: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/CEA912B1-2469-4D1D-8C68-063F3CB79609_jpe-3106915.JPG 
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Posted: 1/25/2024 3:37:12 PM EDT
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-39 F?!? I can't even imagine what that feels like. It's 84 F here today...
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Posted: 1/25/2024 3:44:06 PM EDT
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 Yup, going to be a nice cold weekend. Going to be a Kusko Freeze this year. The K300 dog race. Will be fast with all the hard snow and ice. |
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Posted: 1/25/2024 4:17:57 PM EDT
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Well they just sent the results for the special caribou hunt they are doing where my cabin is. Neither my wife or I got a tag. It’s alright because I haven’t seen a caribou there in over 2 months. But would have been nice just in case I got lucky and had one in the yard.
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Posted: 1/25/2024 4:32:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: Well they just sent the results for the special caribou hunt they are doing where my cabin is. Neither my wife or I got a tag. It's alright because I haven't seen a caribou there in over 2 months. But would have been nice just in case I got lucky and had one in the yard. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/DCCFE555-CC0E-44EF-B3F3-A20C0F096B7B_jpe-3107161.JPG .Haven't taste bou in years. Wife prefers reindeer. |
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Posted: 1/27/2024 1:28:28 PM EDT
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Record for my house. I’m at some elevation and it generally stays warmer. But doesn’t seem to be much if any temperature inversion going on with this cold stretch.
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Posted: 1/27/2024 1:36:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: akcaribouhunter]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: Record for my house. I'm at some elevation and it generally stays warmer. But doesn't seem to be much if any temperature inversion going on with this cold stretch. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/81683A9A-6A5D-4AE4-B25E-B86BE1BF6CA0_jpe-3109170.JPG  We have not had a good long cold spell since 1989 or so. A few days of -50f but did not last long. |
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Posted: 1/27/2024 1:40:36 PM EDT
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We’re at a week of -20 or colder. Looks like we got another week to go.
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Posted: 1/27/2024 1:48:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: We’re at a week of -20 or colder. Looks like we got another week to go. No thank you! My Lab was coming in from doing her business during our cold snap last week while holding up her paw and kind of limping. My wife thought she was hurt. I laughed and said "she's soft. let her warm up for a minute and she'll be fine." She was  .
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Posted: 1/27/2024 1:50:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: We're at a week of -20 or colder. Looks like we got another week to go. Add in the wind. Small planes could not fly til it warmed up to -30f. |
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Posted: 1/27/2024 2:16:26 PM EDT
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I remember in dec 2008-jan 2009 having a 2+ week cold snap averaging -45, and it was over 50 by the end of the month. Something like a 99 degree swing in less than 5 days.
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Posted: 1/27/2024 3:14:14 PM EDT
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Logs in cabin are probably cracking and popping like crazy.
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Posted: 1/27/2024 3:40:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By akcaribouhunter: Logs in cabin are probably cracking and popping like crazy. Actually only -25ish at the cabin right now. |
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Posted: 1/27/2024 9:09:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rosta97: Record for my house. I’m at some elevation and it generally stays warmer. But doesn’t seem to be much if any temperature inversion going on with this cold stretch. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/81683A9A-6A5D-4AE4-B25E-B86BE1BF6CA0_jpe-3109170.JPG I think it was in To Build A Fire where Jack London claimed that at - 50F when you spit it crackles. It's that true? |
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Posted: 1/27/2024 9:17:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By LoBrau: I think it was in To Build A Fire where Jack London claimed that at - 50F when you spit it crackles. It's that true? Been in -50 and haven't noticed that. Fun for the kids to throw boiling water on the air and watch it turn to snow though. |
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Posted: 1/28/2024 11:17:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By LoBrau: I think it was in To Build A Fire where Jack London claimed that at - 50F when you spit it crackles. It's that true? Also haven’t noticed that. One year ago today took down the first trees on the land.  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/28/2024 1:51:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By akcaribouhunter: Damn .Haven't taste bou in years. Wife prefers reindeer. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By akcaribouhunter: Originally Posted By Rosta97: Well they just sent the results for the special caribou hunt they are doing where my cabin is. Neither my wife or I got a tag. It's alright because I haven't seen a caribou there in over 2 months. But would have been nice just in case I got lucky and had one in the yard. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/231690/DCCFE555-CC0E-44EF-B3F3-A20C0F096B7B_jpe-3107161.JPG .Haven't taste bou in years. Wife prefers reindeer. I thought caribou and reindeer were wild vs domesticated. Kharn |
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