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Good morning,

Ah yes. Yet another lovely day in the Gorge. Sunshine. East wind. Free skiing at Timberline for you Meadows passholders. Mother’s Day on St. Helens with people in dresses. Morels, if you know where to find them.

In the wind forecast for today, we’ll see east wind at 24-27 near Rooster Rock and 21-24 at Stevenson this morning, fading late in the afternoon. Tomorrow starts off with easterlies at 15-18 or less, turning to light west wind at late in the afternoon. Tuesday starts off with westerlies near Hood River at 24-27, as high pressure builds off the coast and the heat low shifts into eastern Oregon and Washington. Although models suggest the wind will back off Tuesday afternoon, I think they’re probably wrong. We’ll see increasingly gusty, but still strong wind, through the day.

The east wind today will make the wind very light near Hood River, and that’s great news for moms because Big Winds is offering free standup paddle demos for all moms at the Event Site from 10am to 4pm. That’s for all the moms without powerboats, because those moms are going wakeboarding and waterskiing today. Lucky moms. Lucky kids. Lucky dads.

For skiing of another kind, today at Timberline, it’s free skiing if you hold this season’s pass from any mountain. I’ve had a few questions about this. Yes, your Meadows 10-time pass will work, and yes, for all my coworkers, your Meadows employee pass will get you on the slopes at Timberline today. Yes to Cooper Spur. Yes, yes, yes, if you hold any sort of pass, you’re free at T-Line.

Coming up next week, CGORA has their monthly meeting at Watson Performance at 7pm on Monday. On Tuesday, Hood River County has their monthly trails meeting, where you can learn more about the county philosophy on trails and specifics on what’s going on to clean up this winter’s ice storm mess.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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Good morning,

So, on Wednesday night I went to the HRC Planning Commission’s meeting on Barrett Park. Now, you know me. I go to be at 8:30 so I can get up and write the forecast. I didn’t leave the meeting until 10:15. I woke up yesterday morning sick as a dog at 10:45am. 10:45am! Wow. I haven’t slept in that late in years. So, that’s why you didn’t get a forecast. I feel much better now, thanks.

In a bright bit of news, it looks like Barrett Park, including the mountain bike skills area, is a go, thanks to the hard work of your friends the Hood River Area Trail Stewards, along with support and advice from Arthur, who will be happy to know that his garbage cans will not blow away today.

In the wind forecast today, we’ll see easterlies at 15-18 near Stevenson and Rooster today. Tomorrow sees the easterlies pick up a bit to 21-24, and then back off a bit on Sunday to 15-18. If you need wind, today and Sunday look quite wind from the north to central coast. Westerlies return to the Gorge with a vengeance on Monday.With the east wind blowing, the wind will be light from Hood River eastward all weekend, making for great weather for gardening, farming, fishing and road biking.

For you road bikers, good news: The 44 Road is now open, so the Dufur Century is open for the long-distance crowd. If you’re interested in a group bike ride, there’s a big group from Portland meeting in the Full Sail parking lot at 9:30 on Saturday morning. Also on Saturday, the OBRA road race championships, not here, but think good thoughts for our local racers: Tom, John, David and Brian. In other road news, Vista Ridge and Lolo Pass are not open. No word on Lost Lake Road, but their FB page says late May.

Coming up on Saturday, the Central Gorge Master Gardeners have their annual spring plant sale from 9am to 1pm at the OSU extension office in Hood River. Also this weekend, the uber-popular CGORA dirt bike ride, leaving Pine Mont around 10am. If you’re going, say thank you to Rick for his work on the 133-140 connector trail.

On Sunday, in celebration of mother’s day, Big Winds has free standup paddle demos for all you moms. Grab the kids and head to Hood River’s Event Site to try out the latest watersport craze. Also on Sunday, your season pass from any ski area in the world gets you on the slopes at Timberline for free. Yes, that’s right. Use that Meadows pass for a day at T-Line.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

p.s. If you find this report useful, entertaining, or just want to recognize all the hard work that goes into it, please take the time to make a donation by clicking on the link below. For a suggested donation of $10, I’ll add you to the email version of this list for a year, putting you in the running for cool prizes donated by the weekly sponsors during the summer season (and the winter if I get off my bum and get some!). If you don’t PayPal, you can send a donation to PO Box 841 in Hood River, 97031.