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Old 09-04-2008, 03:26 PM
 
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Where are the best blueberries to pick within a 1-2 hour radius of Anchorage?

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Old 09-04-2008, 06:31 PM
 
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Hatcher Pass is good. They should be ready now.
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Old 09-04-2008, 06:47 PM
 
Location: South Dakota
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I've heard that, Met...will be going up this weekend.
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Old 09-04-2008, 06:55 PM
 
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How long is the season?
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Old 09-04-2008, 07:02 PM
 
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Not so long -- it'll last until around the 3rd week of Sept.; maybe a little longer depending on the weather.

Highlands, let me know how it is...the last summer I spent up there, a couple of years ago I guess, was the worst blueberry season ever.
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Old 09-04-2008, 07:12 PM
 
Location: South Dakota
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I will. I have found more raspberries along the numerous creeks and rivers I've gone to in the past few days. If I can keep the offspring from eating them all, I may come home with a bucket
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Old 09-05-2008, 11:02 AM
 
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Raspberries and blueberries near the city of Anchorage, how wonderful. I guess you fellas had better get busy before the cold weater get to them. I'm always hearing something wonderful about my favorite state to dream about.

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Old 09-06-2008, 07:50 AM
 
Location: Bella Vista, Ark
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Picking raspberries wild, that would be my dream. When we lived in northern Calif we could pick bosenberries that here, here in AR we have lots of blue berries, but not many wild ones. They are long out of season (usually gone by early July) raspberries can be picked now at picking farms but I bet they are a heck of a lot higher than in Alaska...

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Old 09-07-2008, 02:50 AM
 
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Hatcher Pass was my favorite spot for blueberries when I lived in the area. However, the best picking occurred mid-to-late August. By September, the berries were turning soft and mushy.

Heading south might be a better option. The Kenai's berry season always seemed to extend into September, but that's a little further than 1-2 hours. Summit Lake might be worth checking out, though.
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Old 09-07-2008, 03:42 AM
 
Location: Haines, AK
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Default the hills are alive...

Around here the hills are alive...with huge patches of blueberries! Some of the old logging cuts are loaded with bushes, and this year the bushes are loaded with huge blueberries. Some of them are the size of marbles or small grapes, and there are tons of them out there. This is what was left after we gave some to the neighbors and made a couple pies, we picked maybe two gallons in a patch maybe twenty feet across.


We've gotta get back out there and load up for winter, they seem to get sweeter after they're frozen.
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