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| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | tanning | buns | so, so | fun! | |
| Steven’s Locks | 10-13 | 10-13 | G12-15 | G12-15 | |
| Swell-Hood River | 10-13 | 10-13 | G12-15 | G12-15 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | 10-13 | 13-16 | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
| Rufus, etc. | 10-13 | 13-16 | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | 10-13 | 13-16 | 24-27 | 24-27 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Westerlies continue for about three more days before high pressure brings wickedly warm air next week and all but shuts down the westerlies. But don’t worry about that right now – we have three more days of westerlies for you, including a big day!
For Thursday, low pressure over the area will send wee little weather systems through, complicating and obfuscating the wind forecast. Best guesses for today: morning westerlies at gusty 10-15 all the way from Stevenson to Arlington. Light showers and additional low clouds move into the western Gorge this afternoon, keeping the wind in the 12-15 range. Farther east, from Mosier to Arlington, the wind picks up to unsteady 24-27ish. River flow is 287kcfs and river temp is 60 degrees.
Friday looks cloudy with rain in the western Gorge all day. It’s worth noting that the high temp will only be in the upper 50’s in Hood River on Friday, so you’ll want to wetsuit accordingly. Morning westerlies will be 5-10 in the west and 13-16 east of Mosier. As the desert warms and high pressure builds offshore in the afternoon, westerlies go bananas. You’ll find 28-32 with stronger gusts from Rowena all the way to Boardman.
High pressure starts to build inland on Saturday during the day. Morning wind starts with 10-13 in the cloudy western Gorge and 13-16 in the sunny eastern Gorge. Wind east of The Dalles backs off during the day to 5-10 or so. For the rest of the Gorge… 21-24 from Stevenson to Mosier with 12-15 near Rowena in the afternoon. Current forecast for Sunday is east wind at 10-15.
JONES, SAUVIE’S, COAST: Coast (north/central/south, wind N unless otherwise specified). Thursday: W10/W5/NW10, W swell 5′ at 8 seconds. Friday: W15-20/W5-10/N25-30, W 7′ @ 8. Saturday: 5-10/25-30/35-40, W 5′ @ 8. Central coast stays windy Sunday. Jones Thursday: gusty 10-13. Friday: 5-8. Saturday: 5-10. Sauvie’s Thursday: nope. Friday: no, again. Saturday: 5-8+.
Mt. Hood Snow Forecast: on vacation unless needed!
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Hood River Weather Forecast
It’s a cloudy morning, and it’ll probably stay cloudy today. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and mid 60’s later. Moderate westerlies. 1% chance of rainbows. Friday looks cloudy with showers and a chance of thunder in the afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 50’s later. Light westerlies pick up in the afternoon. 5% chance of rainbows. Snow level 4000′. Up to 4” above that elevation. Saturday looks partly cloudy and then sunny. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and upper 60’s later. Moderate westerlies. 0.5% chance of rainbows. Middle of next week looks VERY warm – temps in the mid 90’s. Meh.
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Road and Mountain Biking
Post is open with ball bearings. Knebal, 8-Mile, Bottle Prairie and Surveyor’s are open, according to 44 Trails Association. Logging has begun on Whoopdee, so the main loop is closed. Ronnoc trail will remain open, and so will the climb out. Other open trails: Post, Nestor, Columbia Hills, Hospital Hill, Dog River, Sandy Ridge, Syncline, and Falls Creek from the top. Lower Lewis River is open. Despite advice to the contrary, Red Hill Road was open to bikes on Saturday, 6/1. Proof is on The Strava. Red Hill Road is supposedly closed for logging. Ride at your own risk.
If you’re riding Underwood, please do not park at the trailhead any more as per request by SDS. Continue past the trailhead 0.5 miles or so to the new designated parking area. The cows are out on Hospital Hill, which happens to be private land owned by the Kreps family. Do not take your dog or you 1) endanger the life of your dog and 2) endanger access to the land for everyone.
Upcoming Events
Today’s events, all in the evening, start with pickleball at 5 at the Dalles Readiness Center. It’s bike night at Chenowith Elementary from 5 to 7. Women have the Post n’ Pinot mountain bike rid eat Dirty Fingers at 5:30. Family mountain biking happens at Family Man in Post Canyon at 6 , there’s paddling practice at the Hood River Event Site at 6, and Cultureseed celebrates inclusivity outdoors at Columbia Center for the Arts at 6:30.
Friday is the Gorge STEM Fair at First Friday in Hood River. All sorts of booths and robots and other exciting STEM-related things will be there. Big Winds has a Gazelle E-Bike demo from 1-6 on Friday. Saturday brings the St. Jude’s Saddleup fundraiser ride in Wasco and a work party on Punchbowl Falls. Boardman has the “Beat the Brewer” 5k on Saturday, and there’s a barn dance (with pie) in Dufur Saturday evening.
Sunday is the Gorgeous Hood to Hood Race from Timberline to Hood River. There’s a work party on the Sandy Ridge trail system Sunday and a social at Rockford Grange at 4:30. The Black Dog Dualsport Ride is based in Odell both Saturday and Sunday, utilizing trails and roads across Hood River County all weekend.
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Random Morning Thoughts: on vacation.
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Have an awesome day today!
Temira
