Hood River - The Gorge is my Gym

Tuesday’s the summer solstice, and I’m off doing some sort of crazy multi-sport adventure, so the forecast is coming Monday evening instead. Hope that’s okay, especially since I screwed up the email the last couple of days.

Coming up Tuesday evening there’s the free Big Winds ladies standup paddle night at the Event Site. It’s been cancelled a couple of times this year, but it looks winds will be under 15mph, letting the paddle night happen. You don’t need a board. Just show up with a wetsuit and a smile, and they’ll let you try some gear.

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Also Tuesday night, it’s Hood River Triathlon practice night. Those guys meet at the east end of the Event Site at 6pm. They’ve been waiting for the Columbia to hit 55 degrees before they start swimming, but I’ve been promised they’ll swim this week.

If none of that appeals to you, the wind’ll be back Wednesday. At this point, it looks like we’ll see 21-24 early, picking up to 26-30 in the afternoon. The strongest wind Wednesday will be from Hood River to Stevenson in the morning, filling in all the way out to Arlington in the afternoon. Pick of the day? Probably sailing the Corridor midday.

Coming up on Thursday, it’s another windy day in the Gorge. We’ll start off with westerlies in the low to mid twenties near Hood River, building quickly to the 28-32 range from Hood River to Rowena.

Also on Wednesday, it’s the Post and Pinot, attended by almost 20 gals last week, so do it. And if you prefer co-ed, head to Dirty Fingers Bike Repair for the Post and Pint on Thursday. Okay, I gotta go to bed. Meeting the team at 4am…
Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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We are heading into a few days of summery 80 degree weather, but we’re not going to see a wind shutdown all week. Today we’ll have light westerlies, strongest near Hood River. We’ll see 10-15 this morning from Hood River to Rowena, picking up to 16-19 this afternoon from Stevenson to Hood River, and fading to nothing late evening.

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Tomorrow looks like the calm day, with at best very light westerlies in the afternoon. However, it’s the summer solstice tomorrow and the sun will be above the horizon for 15 hours, 41 minutes and 16 seconds, so make the most of it!

Coming up on Wednesday, a system approaches the coast. We’re not going to see much cooldown, but we will see westerlies in the 17-20 range from Stevenson to Hood River in the morning, picking up to 24-27 in the afternoon from Hood River to Doug’s initially, filling in at Maryhill and Arlington late.

If you’ve been waitng for the big day, it’s Thursday, when we’ll see super strong wind in the 30+ range starting near Hood River and filling in at least as far east as Maryhill in the afternoon. If you’ve been missing the wind because of work, you’re going to have a chance for the before-work session on Thursday.

In mountain bike world, I just want to let all of you know that Falls Creek is still a no-go. I’ve been getting conflicting reports, and there’s definitely still too much snow up top to ride the trail.

Tomorrow is the free ladies standup paddle night brought to you by Big Winds. With zero wind in the forecast, paddle night should be good to go. It’s also Tri night, if you’d like to try tri. On Wednesday, there’s the shop paddle. And sailboat races. And the Post and Pinot.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira