I know where that is.....grew up in Poky. spent lots of time in those mtns hunting and skiing[/quote]

I'll never forget my first view of the Portneuf Range, headed south, as you go through the Gap. that was 1979, and something just clicked, and I'm still stuck here. Just left some tracks right before sunset, at 8600', 2.9 miles from home, close enough and high enough to dead stick home, that's what I call convenient. 10 minutes and I'm on a N/S interstate, another 10 and a E/W interstate. SLC (shudder) 2.5 hrs away. So in the boonies but not hours of driving heavily trafficked 2 lane roads to get OUT of the boonies, like Jackson, Alpine, and some other touristed to death places. Inkom keeps the riff raff out, being full of riff raff itself, but it does have night life of sorts at the Dead Pony.

nickelb wrote:.....I don't want to give up on air parks altogether but I have found that if its a second home, you have to really evaluate how you are going to spend your time there and think about a day in the life.....

Need to think about that as a primary residence also.
I've thought about selling my house & moving to an airpark,
or buying a place with it's own strip,
but I spend a lot of time hanging out at the airport-
a lot of it visiting with other pilots, both local & ones that fly in.
Not sure most airparks would provide that level of entertainment.
An airstrip with just my own home definitely would not.

nickelb wrote:I looked really closely at the Air Park at Alpine, Jackson Hole WY, love the hangar house designs there. Got excited right away - felt like it was for me....

But then realized, you're still 50 minute drive from the cowboy bar. So how does that work logistically as a second home? The regular airport is 16 minutes.. If you aren't skiing or enjoying the town, what are you doing there??

I don't want to give up on air parks altogether but I have found that if its a second home, you have to really evaluate how you are going to spend your time there and think about a day in the life.


I think if I were to move to one now it would be for primary residence for sure.

You guys must have a lot of money! A townhouse w/hangar is well into 7 figures.

INFORMATION ONLY The way that I understand it, in Washington State, property owners on a private airport are no longer liable for aircraft accidents. That is also true in Idaho and maybe some other states. .