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Good morning, and welcome to another day in a string of winter-like days in the Gorge. It’s cloudy out there this morning, from the Columbia River to the top of Timberline (as best I can tell, anyway).

There’s not much wind in the forecast for the next few days, unless you’re headed to the coast for southerlies. If you are, you already know that it’s windy. Speaking of the coast, the Nelscott Reef contest is yellow-lighted for a short window of opportunity with a 31 foot swell at 17 seconds.

If you were thinking of earning turns today, you’re going to have to go pretty high. The snow level was above the base of Meadows yesterday, and at least .5” of rain fell. In addition, on Wednesday, the sun warmed the snow enough that the surface melted. It’s going to be dust-on-crust conditions below 6000 feet (or maybe even higher than that) Hike high or don’t hike at all. If you don’t want to earn turns, Timberline is open Fri-Sun with Pucci, Bruno’s and Molly’s lifts operating on the lower mountain. Your fusion pass will get you on the mountain now through June.

Boaters, the White Salmon was at 2.0 feet last night, and the Hood is still hovering around 3.3 feet. At this point, I’d say our best chance of seeing the rivers come up again is Sunday morning, after a fast-moving front swings through on Saturday night.

Coming up this weekend, there’s the Cooper Spur Ski Patrol ski swap at the HR Saddle Club on Saturday at 9am. Also on Saturday at 9am is a trail work Party in Post Canyon. Meet at Family Man at 9am. (If you were wondering, the HRVHS swap is November 12th this year). On Sunday from 10-4, you can get your Meadows pass photo taken at the Hood River Inn.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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This week’s forecast is brought to you by Flow Yoga on 3rd Street in downtown Hood River. If you’re desperately searching for a workout now that the trails are muddy and the roads are slick, think about joining Flow (the not-just-yoga Yoga studio). You can choose from 25 fitness/training classes and 32 yoga/meditation classes for a total of over 50 classes each week to keep you sane during the off-season. In addition to protecting your sanity, Flow is offering lots of classes to get your bum in shape for ski season (and if you read the forecast below, you’re going to be scrambling to get that bum in ski-ready conditions). If you’ve never been a Flow member, you can try out a month for just $49. One of you will win a free month membership at the end of this week!

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Clouds, rain and wind continue in the Gorge today, and heavy snow and strong winds keep hammering the Cascades. We’ll see a break in the weather tomorrow (with a good chance of the Nothing cloud over the Gorge) with building east winds, and a return to showery weather on Thursday.

As of 6am, there were 31” on the ground at the base of Meadows, with 8” of new snow overnight. If you are planning on going hiking today, be prepared for deep snow, avalanche danger, and limited visibility due to high winds. In the next week, we’re going to see varying snow levels in the mountains, which alternating rain and snow episodes.

The mountain isn’t the only windy place today. The eastern desert sees another round of gusty westerlies, with 24-28 at Maryhill and Arlington.

On the rivers, the White Salmon is holding around 2.25 feet, the Hood has dropped down to 3.6 feet (but was a fun ride yesterday from Tucker Bridge down at 3.9ft), and the Klickitat’s at 827cfs.

Coming up this week, The Rocky Horror Picture Show plays at Columbia Center for the Arts on Wednesday (7pm pre-party, show at 8pm, no food throwing allowed), the new Poor Boyz ski movie plays at Andrew’s on Thursday (Poor Boyz put out the best movie last year, so come check out this year’s flick), and the Cooper Spur Ski Patrol ski swap is at the Hood River Saddle Club on Saturday.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira