The Gorge is my Gym

It’s Windfest, and that means that the Gorge is going to take a break form being windy today. There’s a little bit of west gradient this morning, so we might get lucky and see 5-10. Even so, Windfest will go on, with a gear swap that started at 8am at the Expo Center in Hood River and a free intro to windsurfing class at 1pm at the Hook. There are all sorts of other lessons and clinics going on, so swing by Hood River’s Event Site and check it out.

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Over the next couple of days, we’ll see light wind in the Gorge as upper flow turns southerly. At best, we’ll see easterlies in the 5-10 range tomorrow at Stevenson and Rooster. On Tuesday, we’ll have light west winds with a pretty good chance of thunderstorms. Models show westerlies picking up to 17-20 Tuesday afternoon, but given the high risk of thunderstorms, don’t count on hitting the water.

In mountain biking news, Mr. Dirty Fingers himself took a tour of Falls Creek yesterday. If you start at the bottom, you’ll get about 8.5 miles of clear trail before you run into snow, so you can get the best of the downhill. Just don’t try to ride from the top of Old Man Pass, because the trail up there is still buried.

If you’re looking for things to do over the next couple of days, think about trying some new road rides. You can find some routes at my website, the Gorge is my gym.. These are beautiful rides, so if you don’t road ride, you can go check them out as a Sunday drive instead.
Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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We’re heading into a few days of light wind weather, so if you’ve been waiting for the breeze to shut off, get ready. Today’s the last day of west wind, and that’s lucky, because the windsurfing and standup blowouts are this weekend. I talked to Scotia Bauer last night, and she says the races are on for today. If you want to race, head to Bob’s Beach in Stevenson. Registration starts at 8:30, and you need to be there even if you’re doing the SUP race from Viento.

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It looks like we’ll see westerlies in the 5-10 range this morning from Stevenson to Mosier, picking up to 13-15 midday, and holding through the evening. The wind will be light east of Rowena.

Coming up tomorrow, we’ll see high pressure building over the Cascades, giving us light west wind, at best 10-15mph, but more likely 5-10 or nothing at all. On Monday, a low pressure system sets up off the coast, and the wind switches to light easterlies.

If you’re looking for biking today, the 44 road trails are in great shape. Knebal, 8mile and Bottle Prarie are open. Surveyor’s has about 25 trees down on section out of the Dog River trailhead, and Fifteenmile is covered in downed trees. High Prarie is still covered in snow. And finally in biking news, the Post Canyon work party for today has been cancelled.

In river news, the White Salmon has dropped to 4.1 feet, the Hood is at 4.4 feet, and the Klickitat is at a very fun 2750 cfs.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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