Tag: mountain biking

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!

I’m going to say it again: stop riding Syncline, and get your friends to stop riding Syncline until it dries out. It’s a muddy mess, criss-crossed with tire trenches from selfish bikers. If you must ride, and 99% of people would rather you didn’t, at least stay on the trails and off the grass to the side. You don’t want to ride in the mud? Then don’t go riding. Making the trail wider so you can avoid squishing and sliding along is not an acceptable way of riding. Respect the trails, and we’ll continue having access. Trash the trails, and you’ll ruin the riding for everyone.

Thank you.

If you’d like to ride, the roads are in good shape right now. I rode Eastside Loop yesterday, and there was very little gravel on the road. Riding felt so good to my legs, and my cobweb-covered bike was happy too.

If you like to play in the snow, I have good news. There’s plenty of snow headed toward Mt. Hood, good news for groomer-weary riders. If the forecasts hold, snow will start falling on Sunday, continuing through much of next week. You can thank me for this: I am headed to Maui on Monday, for three days, so we should have a foot of new every day I’m gone.

If you’d like to windsurf or kite, your best chance will be at the coast over the next few days. A series of disturbances will keep the southerlies blowing, often in the nuclear-force range.

Have a great day today!

Temira