Have you ever fancied living on a mountain?

I hope to in the next few years at my brother's place in Arkansas. He has 200+ acres above the Arkansas River Valley and it's beautiful. Had hoped to move this year but doesn't look like it's going to happen.
 

Naaa... their winters are too long. I've become more fair-weathered in my old age.

In my younger days, when I used to ski and mountain bike and do other mountain sports, I would have liked to live in the mountains, since that's where I'd go for recreation.

I wish I lived closer to forests now so I could go for walks in the woods without having to drive to the mountains.
 
I live on a 10 acre parcel located at the 2,000 foot level of Mt Hood
Bordered on the west by a stream.
Snow only sticks on the ground about 10 days a year.

Old growth firs and cedars with 200 foot defensible space (no trees or brush) around dwelling.

I love it!
 
there are quite a few 'tribes' and families worldwide - so they can take care of each other - wonder whether they have any serious illnesses that require modern attentions?? maybe they are just so goddamed healthier than the rest or us.
 
I spent 16 months at Ft. Carson, Colorado.

You could see Pike's Peak from my barracks window.

There was some of the most breathtaking views from up in the mountains, and the air was so clean it would make you sleepy.

However.... winter was no joke.

So no, I don't think I could live full time in the mountains.
 
Lake Tahoe was briefly tempting until I thought twice about winters and cost. Very happy where we are now —which is nowhere near the LA fire line or the Sierra snow line.
 
I've been in the mountains years ago and it's beautiful. However with the fires all over world the past few years, no thanks.
 
Yes lived on a mountain in the past.... and my daughter has just recently moved off the mountain after 12 years...
This was one of the views from her home....

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another view... the buidlings in the picture belong to my DD...


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looks fantastic- but i guess there must have been downsides to it all? - the last stats I recently checked was there were a billion or so people living in mountain retreats all over the planet
 
I live near San Jose in a sea level urban valley about 15 miles wide. Nearby forested Coast Range mountains on 2 sides rise to over 3,000 feet. Many public lands and parks within. So can readily drive into them in just a half hour. The dramatic Pacific Ocean is 40 minutes west.

As a Backpacker, skier, and landscape photographer, I often also visit the towering snowy Sierra Nevada 3+ hours east. But am solidly a lifelong urban person though could easily live for limited periods in mountains. Among other interests, over my adult life, I've studied mountain natural sciences so understand and am thus far more fascinated by those places versus average people with every step.
 
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watched a doco several years ago that demonstrated - 'tribes' of people and life long families always prefering to live in the moumtains survived with their sheep and goats etc
 
David777 said:
I live near San Jose in a sea level urban valley about 15 miles wide. Nearby forested Coast Range mountains on 2 sides rise to over 3,000 feet. Many public lands and parks within. So can readily drive into them in just a half hour. The dramatic Pacific Ocean is 40 minutes west.

As a Backpacker, skier, and landscape photographer, I often also visit the towering snowy Sierra Nevada 3+ hours east. But am solidly a lifelong urban person though could easily live for limited periods in mountains. Among other interests, over my adult life, I've studied mountain natural sciences so understand and am thus far more fascinated by those places versus average people with every step.
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David it sounds like you are where I was born and raised. Cupertino?
 
I've lived in the mountains most of my life, and built a home there. Living close to nature is awesome, but you do give up some things for that way of life. However, situations can change, and it can cause you to reassess what you want for the future. There will always be some things that you miss about it though.
 
Paco Dennis said:
David it sounds like you are where I was born and raised. Cupertino?
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My Dad bought a new Eicler home along Permanente Road for $8k that I lived in 3 years. So went to kindergarten and 1st grade there. Were vast apricot orchards then.
 

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