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Three-day-old coffee is much better cold than hot.

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Friday
Saturday

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

First things first. Friday at Skibowl, you can ski free 9am-4pm in exchange for 8 cans of food, preferably peanut butter, chili, soups, canned meats, fruits and vegetables. Yes, Spam is appreciated. The food goes to the Portland Police Bureau Sunshine Division. In 26 years, Skibowl has donated 57 tons of food. Awesome. Will Friday be a good day? Yep. There will be fresh snow on the ground!

Today looks cloudy on Mt. Hood. The freezing level will be around 5000′ all day, dropping to 3500′ overnight. Precip starts around 2pm or maybe 5pm or maybe 8pm, depending on how things shake out. Anyway, we’ll see .5-.7” water value (WV) tonight, for 4-6” of new snow by Friday morning. Wind today will be SW 20-30 all day.

Friday morning sees the tail end of the weather system moving through, leaving the mountains with blue sky above and some mid-level clouds, along with orographic snow flurries. The snow level will be 3000′ pretty much all day. We’ll see .2” WV during the day, for a couple more inches of snow. That will be followed by up to an inch overnight. Wind will be WSW 20-25 early and W 25-30 in the afternoon.

Saturday starts with low clouds and some orographic flurries. The snow level will be 3000′ early, 4500′ in the afternoon and 5000′ in the evening as a warm front moves in. More on that in a bit. We’ll see .2-.3” WV during the day, for 1-2” of new snow, followed by .5-.7” WV overnight. That’s a bit more difficult – with warmer air moving in, it’s possible that will fall as rain. But I suspect it will fall as dense, heavy snow, maybe 2-3” of new. Anyway, wind on Saturday will be W 20 early becoming WSW 25 midday and W 35 overnight.

Sunday’s a tough call at this point. We’ll definitely see warming temps. And some precip. But how much precip and just how warm is up in the air (no pun intended) So is wind speed and direction. As a matter of fact, at this point, I have no idea how Sunday will shake out. So let’s wait and see!

Gorge Wind

We’re still stuck in a wintry pattern with a series of (weak) systems moving through the Gorge. Once again, not a great setup, but next week, mid-week, holds a bit more promise. Today brings light wind for much of the day, picking up to W 10-15 after 2pm as a weather system approaches. Maybe we’ll see 15-18 at Stevenson and Lyle, but maybe not. Friday brings W 10-15 early and W 15-18 (gusty) late. Expect gusty westerlies at 21-24 on Saturday, strongest east of Mosier.

Gorge Weather

Someone took out the road sweeper and made Dee Highway real pretty. They did not do Tucker Road. Highway 35 south of the sawmill is in decent shape as well. As for the trails, well, I suspect Post is still a little muddy, but you couldn’t go wrong at Syncline today. And probably Whoopdee is okay too. Huh. Maybe I better go check it out on my new 42T OneX green chainring.

Road and Mountain Biking

As I mentioned before, Friday is Sunshine Division ski free day at Skibowl in exchange for 8 cans of food. Today at 3:30 at Henkle Middle School, you can play Pickup Rugby. On Saturday at Skibowl, it’s the King and Queen of the Mountain event, where racers go fast, throw big tricks, and just plain do awesome stuff. Saturday at Meadows, it’s the Full Sail Banked Slalom and Sunday is Hood River Appreciation Day.

I bet the roads are going to be awesome, if you can stand a bit of wind. I’m going to ride to Parkdale for the least windy ride possible on a day like today. Tomorrow brings light wind and nice biking weather. Friday looks a bit windy and rainy. The beginning of next week looks 70 degrees. I’m going to ride my bike to Vancouver. Does anyone know the best way to do this?

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Coming up this evening, there’s Karma Yoga (free or by donation) at Flow at 4pm. There’s also ping pong at the Hood River armory at 6:30pm ($5). Tonight at Columbia Center for the Arts, come for a “Sense of Place” lecture: Writer and river guide Vince Welch will give a lecture on Oregon native and legendary boatman Amos Burg. Thought to be the last person to run all the major western rivers before dams made such voyages difficult or impossible, Burg was also the first to pilot a canoe down the Columbia and Snake rivers and the first to row an inflatable raft down the Green and Colorado rivers through Grand Canyon. That’s so cool. I wish I’d seen the Columbia before it was dammed. Actually, I wish I’d kayaked it. Amazing.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira

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Yesterday I found and ate my first four black morels of the year. I love black morels. I love them more than any other mushroom, except for the truffle, but I don’t have the ability to find truffles. Someday when I am an old lady living on a small farm, I will have a truffle dog or a truffle pig, and I’ll spend my days in the woods hunting the elusive black truffle. I will eat truffle risotto night after night, and I’ll serve it aside steaks from the cattle I raised on my little farm. I’m hungry now.

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
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Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

It’s a lovely morning on Mt. Hood: mostly clear with a few clouds. It will stay a lovely, sunny day today. We’ll see the freezing level around 4000′ today with W wind at 20-25 early and 15-20 in the afternoon. The powerful spring sun will probably raise temps above the freezing level predictions.

Thursday starts off clear, but high clouds move in by 11am and snowfall starts around 5pm. The snow level will be around 4500 when the precip hits, and will drop to 2000′-2500′ overnight. We’ll see .3-.5” water value (WV) overnight, for 3-5” of new snow. Wind will be SW 20 early, rising to SW 30 in the afternoon and SW 40 overnight.

Friday morning brings orographic snow flurries. Those continue for much of the day (although I wouldn’t be surprised to see a bluebird hour or two), followed by heavier snowfall after 8pm. The snow level will be 2500′ early and 3000′ in the afternoon and evening. We’ll see .2-.4” WV during the day, for 2-4” of new snow, followed by another .5-.7” WV overnight, for 5-7” more. Wind will be W 30 early, falling to W 20 overnight.

Saturday morning starts with snow flurries, but warmer, wetter weather moves in after 5pm. As of right now, 5000′ temps look to rise to 2-4° Saturday night with 1” of water value, so at this point, it looks rainy Saturday night through midday Sunday. But that’s a ways out. Anyway, from this long-range view, Saturday looks much better than Sunday on the mountain.

Gorge Wind

We’re still not in an awesome setup for wind, but we’ll have some wind today with the early gradients at .07 and .05. We’ll see low teens this morning through the whole Gorge, picking up to gusty 13-16 in the western Gorge and gusty 23-26 east of Mosier, probably strongest at Maryhill. The current should be ok for Maryhill – the flow is 254,000cfs. But I’d love some feedback on that if anyone goes. Thursday starts with light east wind and switches to light west wind. Friday gets the remnants of wind from a passing weather system: W 13-15 in the morning and W 23-26 in the eastern Gorge in the afternoon.

Gorge Weather

I’m so excited about the beginning of next week that I’m having trouble focusing on today. OMG 70 degrees. Anyway, today starts out in the mid-40’s, rising to the mid-50’s in the afternoon with partly cloudy sky and moderate west wind. Thursday starts in the mid-30’s, rising to the mid-50’s with increasing clouds during the day and sprinkles after 5pm. Light wind. Friday looks showery with rainbows. Temps will be in the low 40’s early and low 50’s in the afternoon. Moderate west wind. Saturday looks cool and showery with rainbows and Sunday looks cool and showery with rainbows, becoming warmer and rainier. And Monday and Tuesday… sunny. 70.

Road and Mountain Biking

I went jogging in Post Canyon yesterday, and it was a muddy mess. Horrendous. The guy from Ohio who was riding yesterday created a lot of deep, muddy tracks in the trail. If he’s reading this, I’d like to encourage him to show up for every single work party this year to make up for the damage he caused. So, let’s not ride Post today! I betcha Syncline is great and Whoopdee is muddy.

I bet the roads are going to be awesome, if you can stand a bit of wind. I’m going to ride to Parkdale for the least windy ride possible on a day like today. Tomorrow brings light wind and nice biking weather. Friday looks a bit windy and rainy. The beginning of next week looks 70 degrees. I’m going to ride my bike to Vancouver. Does anyone know the best way to do this?

The Clymb: free membership. Cheap gear. Temira approves. Click to join.

Events – email me if I’ve missed any outdoor-related events

Coming up this evening, there’s Karma Yoga (free or by donation) at Flow at 4pm. There’s also ping pong at the Hood River armory at 6:30pm ($5). Tonight at Columbia Center for the Arts, come for a “Sense of Place” lecture: Writer and river guide Vince Welch will give a lecture on Oregon native and legendary boatman Amos Burg. Thought to be the last person to run all the major western rivers before dams made such voyages difficult or impossible, Burg was also the first to pilot a canoe down the Columbia and Snake rivers and the first to row an inflatable raft down the Green and Colorado rivers through Grand Canyon. That’s so cool. I wish I’d seen the Columbia before it was dammed. Actually, I wish I’d kayaked it. Amazing.

Have an awesome day today!

Temira