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The Forecast
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | OPEN! | E15-20 | E10-15 | E5-10 | |
| Steven’s Locks | OPEN! | E15-20 | E10-15 | E5-10 | |
| Swell-Hood River | LTE | LTE | LTE | LTE | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | LTE | LTE | LTE | LTE | |
| Rufus, etc. | LTE | LTE | LTE | LTE | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | LTE | LTE | LTE | LTE | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Oregon and Washington are encouraging people to not travel more than 50mph to access recreation, and all land managers and law enforcement are carefully watching to see if people maintain social distancing. If crowding happens, water access will be revoked. If you are local and lucky enough to have water access in your community, please do this: rig, play, leave. Recreate and go home. That’ll help limit the spread of Novel Coronavirus. If you live in a place that’s still under a stay at home order, stay home – follow the guidance of where you live, not where you want to go.
Not much happens for wind in the Gorge over the next few days as high pressure settles over the region like a blanket of spring pollen. It’ll be great weather for flat water anything, including taking out your giant unicorn-rainbow floaty. Wednesday: light and variable wind. Thursday: calm wind in most locations in the morning. E 10-15 midday from Stevenson to Viento. Calm wind mid afternoon. Light westerlies after 8pm. Friday: calm. Saturday: west wind at 30-40+, possibly tempered by thunderstorms. Stay tuned for more details.
Sauvie Island Wednesday: 12-15. Thursday: 15-18. Friday: 20-23. Coast forecast: still on vacation due to unknown beach access and no time to look it up this morning. You’re still under a non-essential travel ban, most likely, anyway!
Open/Closed Launch Site List -All restrooms are closed!
Washington:Skamania County – Phase two, recreate with 5 or less people outside household
Stevenson East Point, Bob’s Beach, Boat ramp: all open
Home Valley: Unknown
Swell City: Open
Spring Creek Hatchery: Open
Klickitat County – Stay at home order in place. Only recreate with household members
Wunderbar: high water
Bingen Point: Open
Lyle: you have to cross private property to access
Doug’s Beach: Open
Avery: Open
Maryhill: Open for day use only..
The Wall: Open.
Roosevelt: Open for day use only.
Oregon: Phase one for Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam counties – recreate with 10 or fewer friends from the county
Rooster Rock: Open
Viento: Open
The Hook: Open
Waterfront Park: Closed
Event Site: Open
The Spit: Open
The Marina: Open
Boat ramp: open
Mosier: Only open for residents of 97040
Rowena: Still closed.
Celilo: Open
Rufus: Open
Arlington: Open
Threemile: Open
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Timberline is open with exemplary guidelines for protecting guests and staff from the transmission of novel coronavirus. Please read their guidelines and rules here. Well done, T-Line! The Mt. Hood weather forecast will be on vacation unless something interesting happens in the weather up there. Some of you will be tempted to go out backcountry skiing. Please don’t – accidents do happen, and you may put others at risk. Timberline is allowing uphill access outside the permit area on the climbers’ trail ONLY. No uphill traffic is allowed at Meadows.Hood River Weather Forecast
Clear sky this morning stays clear. Temps will be in the low 40’s early (open windows) and low 80’s later (close windows). Light and variable wind. No rainbows. Thursday looks sunny in the morning with a chance of high clouds later. Temps will be in the mid 50’s early (open windows) and upper 80’s in the afternoon (go swimming). Light east wind. No rainbows. Friday looks sunny and hot. Temps will be in the upper 50’s early (open windows) and low 90’s later (close windows, go swimming). Calm wind. No rainbows. Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.Cycling
Trail update: Post Canyon: no parking in HRC forests (staging areas, or anywhere). Syncline/Coyote Wall: CLOSED. Mt. Hood National Forest: trailheads and developed areas CLOSED. Trails: open if you can park somewhere that’s not a trailhead. Surveyor’s, Dog River, and Oak Ridge snow-free. Kreps/SDS: open. Sandy Ridge: Open. Nestor Peak: open. Columbia Hills State Park: CLOSED. Skamania County trails outside the scenic area: open. Ape Canyon: Closed. Falls Creek: open and snow-free.
Current lawful social distancing requirements: only people from your household in Klickitat County. Only household members if you’re from Multnomah, Clark, or other ‘stay at home’ counties. Up to 5 friends in Skamania County. Up to 10 in Hood River County.
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