What is the fall season like in Alaska?

For Anchorage, the fall color change would be during September. It varies a little year to year with the temps and first frost. Typical might be:

1st week: birch goes to a lghter green

2nd week: birch to green-yellow, groundcovers like knik-knik, blueberries, and low-bush cranberries, go from dark green towards red.

3rd week: birch is yellow, aspen less brightly yellow. ground cover looking pretty red.

4th week: past peak. a wind storm could take away all the yellow leaves. If they remain, they are a duller yellow heading towards brown (but they fall before turning brown.

Nothing does the orange color of suger maples in New England. What is unique is the expances of hillsides and mountainside that have swaths of yellow birch in them. Often in all stages of change because fall comes first to the north slopes and the higher elevations - even 1000 feet makes a difference of a week or so.

Temps are starting to hit freezing. Daytime highs are in the 40s. The great thing about freezing nights is that it really knocks down the bugs. The first hard freeze (mid 20s) wipes them out till next year.

People are fully into hunting season so lots of "four-wheelers" are being hauled around town on the way to the trailheads. Many trades (plumbing, etc) slow down tremendously because everyone's left to go hunting. Others of us are trying to get the yard and garden into shape for winter. Spread some hay or leaves on the beds. Cut back the annuals. Put the lawnmower away ("Oh, THAT'S what that snow pile was all winter - the lawn mower!), etc.

I've been fleeing fairbanks in early august and had ice on the ground and all the trees were changed colors. very pretty. wasn't fall for a coulple more weeks in anchorage, and had barely started farther south. really we would need to know what part of the state you were talking about first. it is a big area.

Anchorage, lots of leafy trees, cottowood and birch and alder, lots of ornamentals too that i don't know the names of. great fall colors, would guess starting mid August, but maybe beginning of september. the hills driving out of anchorage to palmer have really pretty red rusty color in them. must be some kind of shrub that turns that color. hillside leaving town going towards seward is all covered in the fall leaves. . lots of moose in the fall too. was up there last weekend though and got snowed on. some leaves were still on the trees, but not many.

I don't believe in omens, superstition, luck, or any of that garbage