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CoronaChat
All across the land, jurisdictions are starting to open up. That seems to be confusing some people. Let’s have an example. Multnomah County is still under “stay home, save lives” orders. Hood River County has entered Phase 1. Does that mean you should drive from one county to another or across state lines to access bars, restaurants, hair cuts, massages, or to have a party? NO!
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If you’re still under a “stay home” order, that’s because your community has circulating coronavirus. If you travel to another county that was able to open, you might be bringing the virus with you. You could be the source of a reinstated “stay home” order for that county. Eeek. You don’t want that on your conscience, do you? Follow the orders of the place you live, not the place you want to go. Under normal times, your city residency brings you benefits that rural folks don’t have. Right here, right now, rural residents have some benefits that city folks don’t. Breathe. Accept these differences. Have patience. Stay home, save lives.
The Forecast
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | beach | closed | buns | clothed | |
| Steven’s Locks | 5-10 | 5-10 | G14-18 | G14-18 | |
| Swell-Hood River | 5-10 | 5-10 | G14-18 | G14-18 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 5-10 | 5-10 | G14-18 | G24-27?? | |
| Rufus, etc. | 5-10 | 5-10 | G14-18 | G24-27?? | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 5-10 | 5-10 | G14-18 | G24-27?? | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Oregon and Washington are encouraging people to not travel to access recreation, and all land managers and law enforcement are carefully watching to see if people maintain social distancing. If crowding happens, water access will be revoked. If you are local and lucky enough to have water access in your community, please do this: rig, play, leave. Recreate and go home. That’ll help limit the spread of Novel Coronavirus.
The Gorge remains under the influence of an area of low pressure for Monday morning, but offshore high pressure starts to steal the show in the afternoon. That general setup, with a few hiccups, sticks around through Friday. Result: westerlies! For Monday, expect light west wind in the morning. As the low moves east and high pressure rebuilds offshore in the afternoon, the wind returns. Expect 14-18 through the whole Gorge by noon. Sometime mid to late afternoon, the wind picks up to 24-27 from Rowena to Threemile. Caveat: some models predict wraparound rain this afternoon east of The Dalles. That would shut down the wind out there. So, chance of wind, but don’t take decisive action yet – it might be for nothing!
Tuesday sees offshore high pressure and a strong push of marine air into the western half of Cascadia. Light mist falls west of Underwood almost all day. The rest of the Gorge remains ready and primed for westerlies. Expect 13-16 in the cloudy west, to Hood River, to start the day. Mosier to Arlington start with 22-25. In the afternoon, Rowena through Arlington rise to 26-30 with a chance of a “plus”.
Wednesday sees a similar setup to start the day, but an approaching cold front in the afternoon is likely to knock down wind quality and consistency. Morning wind will be 17-20 in the west and 23-26+ from Mosier to Boardman. Afternoon wind picks up to gusty 27-31 east of The Dalles (maybe at Doug’s too) with a shot at 30-35 in the evening east of John Day Dam. Thursday’s forecast, for now, is 25-29.
Jones, Sauvie’s, and Coast forecast are on break to discourage travel. Most coastal communities have closed beaches due to hoards of visitors not respecting social distancing guidelines. This forecast will return when those towns feel comfortable reopening to visitors.
Open/Closed Launch Site List -All restrooms are closed!
Washington:Skamania County – Phase two, recreate with 5 or less people outside household
Stevenson East Point, Bob’s Beach, Boat ramp: all open
Home Valley: unknown, but probably open
Klickitat County – Stay at home order in place. Only recreate with household members
Swell City: closed
Spring Creek Hatchery: Closed
Wunderbar: high water
Bingen Point: Open
Lyle: you have to cross private property to access
Doug’s Beach: Closed
Avery: Open
Maryhill: Park closed. Boat ramp open.
The Wall: Closed
Roosevelt: Open
Oregon: Phase one for Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam counties – recreate with 10 or fewer friends from the county
Rooster Rock: Closed
Viento: Closed
The Hook: open
Waterfront Park: Closed
Event Site: Closed
The Spit: Open
The Marina: Open
Boat ramp: open
Mosier: Only open for residents of 97040
Rowena: Closed
Rufus: Closed
Arlington: Open
Threemile: unknown
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Timberline is open with exemplary guidelines for protecting guests and staff from the transmission of novel coronavirus. Please read their guidelines and rules here. Well done, T-Line! The Mt. Hood weather forecast will be on vacation unless something interesting happens in the weather up there. Some of you will be tempted to go out backcountry skiing. Please don’t – accidents do happen, and you may put others at risk. Timberline is allowing uphill access outside the permit area on the climbers’ trail ONLY. No uphill traffic is allowed at Meadows.Hood River Weather Forecast
Cloudy, drizzly weather this morning gives way to cloudy, drizzly, windy weather this afternoon. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and low 60’s later. Light west wind early. Moderate in the afternoon. 95% chance of rainbows. Tuesday looks mostly cloudy. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and low 60’s later. Moderate westerlies. 4% chance of rainbows. Wednesday looks cloudy with mist or raindrops possible. Temps will be int eh upper 40’s early and low 60’s later. Moderate westerlies. 43% chance of rainbows. Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.Cycling
Trail update: Post open to residents of HR County. No parking in HRC forests (staging areas, or anywhere). Syncline/Coyote Wall: CLOSED (it’s in the scenic area, and all those trails are closed – you risk a parking ticket or more if you’re there). Mt. Hood National Forest: trailheads and developed areas CLOSED. Trails: open if you can park somewhere that’s not a trailhead. Surveyor’s, Dog River, and Oak Ridge open according to Strava. Kreps/SDS: open. Sandy Ridge: Open. Nestor Peak: open. Columbia Hills State Park: CLOSED. Skamania County trails outside the scenic area: open. Ape Canyon: Closed. Falls Creek: too snowy to ride as of five days ago per an email I received.
Current lawful social distancing requirements: only people from your household in Klickitat County. Only household members if you’re from Multnomah, Clark, or other ‘stay at home’ counties. Up to 5 friends in Skamania County. Up to 10 in Hood River County.
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