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Okay, it’s official. We’ve entered snow season, so your winter snow forecast is coming. If you didn’t see Hood or Adams yesterday, you missed out, because they’re covered in white all the way down to 6500 feet or so. I looked at the webcams this morning at Meadows, and it snowed most of the way down Stadium, aka Stadium Express, aka SEX. With a ton of moisture on the radar last night, the mountains probably got a few more inches.

Sure, it’s not ski season yet, but it’s nice to see the fresh blanket of white on the hills.
The snow level will be 5000’ through today and tomorrow, rising to 6000’ tomorrow night. On Friday, the snow level goes back to 8000’. Keep those snow levels in mind if you’re out hiking or mountain biking, and take plenty of warm clothes with you.

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If the chilly weather isn’t keeping you from thinking about wind sports, then you’ll like this forecast. We’ll see west wind picking up to 10-15 today. Tomorrow, the wind starts out in the 10-15 range, and then as high pressure builds off the coast, the wind will pick up to gusty 24-26 in the afternoon from Hood River east to Arlington.

Friday morning starts off windy too, with west wind at 23-26 from Mosier to Arlington early, backing off to 18-21 in the afternoon.

In mountain biking land, Mitchell of Dirty Fingers has put up a tack alert for the 44 road trails and for Post for tomorrow. Say bye-bye to the dust and hello to perfect mountain biking conditions. If it’s perfect, there’s a headlight post and pint tomorrow night at 5:30.

For you kayakers, tonight is the last Kayak Shed shop paddle of the season. Meet at Husum for a run down the Lower or Middle, followed by a bbq/potluck afterwards. Bring something to share. I’m bringing (what else) brownies.

Finally, it’s eco-challenge month (or week… whatever). Pick something eco-style and try it out for a couple of weeks. It could be bike commuting, eating less meat, hypermiling, removing your lawn and going native in your yard (no, not naked. Native.) whatever. Just have fun with it.

Have an awesome day today!

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We’re into the last week of the forecast for this year, and just in time, it’s starting to snow in the mountains. The snow level today is about 8000’. Tomorrow it’s going to drop to 7000’, on Tuesday it drops to 6000’, and then on Wednesday, the snow level drops as low as 5000’, meaning it’s going to snow at least a bit at all our ski areas this week.

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If you’re still thinking of windsurfing and kiting, there’s not much going on for wind until the end of the week. Today and tomorrow there are low pressure systems off the coast, and that will keep the wind light through the Gorge. As a system pushes through Tuesday afternoon, we’ll see a late bump into the 17-20 range. The best chance for strong wind is on Thursday, as high pressure builds off the coast in a last gasp of summer classic Gorge setup.

If you have indoor plans today, change them, because today looks like the nicest weather for the next five days. I know there are a bunch of locals headed to St. Helens to ride Plains of Abraham today. And if you want to stick around here, the shuttle companies will drive you way up Post Canyon so you don’t have to break a sweat pedaling up.

Speaking of shuttling, don’t forget that Columbia Area Transit will drive you to Binns Hill staging area for just two bucks on weekdays, but make sure you reserve a day in advance.

Have an awesome day today!

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