The Gorge is my Gym

Good morning!

You’re probably on your way to the mountain already. If you’re not, you should be. There’s 10″ of new snow and counting at Meadows, and with the snow level at 3500 feet, even Skibowl is getting snow today. Snow keeps falling for a couple more hours, and then… snow showers and slowly clearing skies. Ski Patrol and the groom crew both report NW powder today. It’s not champagne powder, but it’s certainly not concrete either. Grab your fat skis and head to the mountain!

Next chance for powder? Sunday during the day. Next chance for epic conditions? Tuesday, assuming the snow level stays low enough, and at this point it looks like it will.

Next chance for mountain biking? Unknown. Please stay off the trails until they dry out a bit. Also, it is no dogs season at Hospital Hill. That means NO dogs. Yes, I am talking to you. Your dog is very cute and very sweet, but it is not allowed at Hospital Hill for the next couple of months. Please do not jeopardize our access to the Kreps’ land by taking your dog to Hospital Hill. Also, please do not park on Spring Street at the corral.

Next chance for wind? Light easterlies tomorrow are your best chance for wind in the next few days.

Looking for something fun to do? Tonight is Mark Nilsson’s birthday party at Cebu Lounge in Hood River. Tomorrow night, Area 54 plays at Naked Winery at 6pm. Also tomorrow night, Women of Dirt, a girls-only mountain bike movie, plays at the Columbia Center for the Arts.

Those dang morels are still hiding from me.

Have a great day today!

Temira

Good morning!

Don’t forget that tonight is Meredith’s slide show on her and her husband Ron’s winter trip to Armenia, Georgie, Turkey and Kurdistan. River City Saloon. 7pm. Be there. That’s as much a reminder to myself as it is to you. =)

If you’ve been looking at your skis and thinking of putting them away in the face of all this spring skiing, don’t do it. We’ll see a rain/snow mix on the slopes tonight, quickly switching over to snow tomorrow. The forecast is for .25″ of water value into tomorrow morning and then an additional .5-.75″ with snow levels at 3500 feet by Friday morning. This means that the last couple of hours of skiing tomorrow and all day Friday are likely to be excellent. Clear your Friday morning.

The storm that brings this snow is also a good setup for desert windsurfing and kiting. An upper level low slides across northern Oregon tomorrow, bringing a round of quite southerly westerlies to Arlington and Threemile. I think 30+ is a safe call for tomorrow afternoon. On Friday, a low pressure trough moves across the Northwest and high pressure builds in behind. 30+ is again the call from Doug’s out to Threemile.

In mountain bike land, the news isn’t great. As of 3pm Tuesday, Seven Streams was a muddy mess. That doesn’t bode well for Hospital Hill or Nestor, leaving us with Syncline. Post, at least the upper part, might be worth a shot late this afternoon after 60+ degree temps dry it out a bit more.

And if you haven’t started planting your garden, get on it. The soil misses you.

Have a great day today!

Temira