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I'm getting a year older every year.

LOL! And the more years I have, the faster they go too.

What do you plant for a short season? I was reading about mountains crops and it looks like potatoes, barley, corn, beans, peas, and cabbage do well. I'm going to experiment with just a small amount this year, since I won't be up there to tend to them the entire time. (Unless TSHTF really soon, of course)

The crops you mentioned are all good for my conditions. If you will not be at your property full time, I suspect root crops would work real well as they can be harvested during a longer time frame than most above ground crops. Beans and corn, particularly need to be harvested as soon as ripe. Winter squash, beets and carrots do well here also. Melons can be difficult to get ripe in our short, growing season. Tomatoes and cukes are popular here and I usually have way too many and furnish neighbors all summer. Corn is my very most favorite veggie. We eat it for lunch and dinner most days during the season. I pick it and hubby has the water boiling, so it is fresh, fresh, fresh. We freeze a lot by cooking several extra ears every meal and just cutting it off the cob and popping in the freezer. I get a jump on the season by sprouting a small amount in the house early. Very labor intensive, planting those sprouted kernels, but well worth it to have that luscious corn a couple weeks before the main crop is ready.