Mt. Hood snow and Gorge wind forecast | The Gorge is my Gym

Good morning,

It’s been a little slow on the weather front for the last couple of days, other than the big snow day on Monday. That doesn’t make for an interesting forecast email, but since the weekend is coming up, here you are:

Conditions on Mt. Hood are quite nice right now, mostly because the sun is out up there. I spent a couple of hours skiing yesterday, and the groom is in good riding shape. I wasn’t impressed with what I saw off the groom, but parts of Heather are still in great shape.

The next chance for new snow on the slopes is tomorrow, when a front moves into Oregon. We may see a few snowflakes during the day, but the bulk of the precipitation won’t hit until later. I think 3-6” is reasonable, assuming snow levels stay low enough at the beginning of the system. After the cold front passes, snow levels drop to about 4000 feet on Saturday. Another 3-5” falls Saturday, and another 1-3” on Sunday.

I have a couple of links to share today. First, the Greasebus is now offering Hood River pickup for shuttle service to Meadows. It’s $10 roundtrip. Unfortunately, the pickup isn’t until 9am, and dropoff isn’t until 5pm, but it’s better than no shuttle to Meadows, and it’s certainly cheap. Maybe if we all email them, they’ll change the pickup to powder time, 7:45am, and return us to Hood River by noon.

Here’s the Greasebus link: http://www.greasebus.com/portland/

Here’s another rideshare option to the mountain. Zimride/Clifbar/Save our Snow: http://www.zimride.com/clifbarsos/index/index

Or you could just park at China Gorge and hitchhike like I do.

Have a great day today!

Temira

Good morning!

Here comes the snow… I’m watching the radar image from my desk (well, actually, it’s Brad’s desk, but close enough) here at Meadows. There’s a rainbow of green, blue, red, orange and yellow headed towards the mountain, and that’s a great thing if you like powder skiing (and really, who doesn’t?). Models suggest 1-1.5” of water value by tomorrow morning, meaning we’ll see a solid 12” of new snow between midday today and early tomorrow morning. I’m not promising you light and fluffy powder, but it’s not going to be concrete either. With snow levels around 3500-4000 feet, we’re looking at yummy snow.

If you can’t ride today, clear tomorrow, and if you can’t ride tomorrow, clear this evening. We’ve had a lot of powder days this year where the subsurface was ice, but not this time. Generally, it’s packed powder right now, meaning you won’t be dropping through to a nasty crust. It’s going to be so good….

Monday, during the day, another 2-5” will fall, and Tuesday looks like 1-3” more. Wednesday looks sunny.

Kiters and windsurfers have today for easterlies in the 22-25 range, at least before the rain hits. Next chance for easterlies looks like Wednesday, in the sun, at Stevenson.

Everyone have a great day today, and get a good night’s sleep tonight. Wax up, and pick me up if you see me hitching in the morning!

Temira