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Topic: Wind River Races - Next Weekend
Posted By: Otter Boy
Subject: Wind River Races - Next Weekend
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2010 at 9:12am
The Upper Wind Festival is only a week away. Come out for the 2 day festival this year on March 20-21. Here you will find a listing of accommodations that can be found near by the event for those competing from out of town.

Please visit www.oregonraftingteam.com and www.upperwindfestival.blogspot.com

Also check out our event on facebook here


Camping
Beaver Campground - maps
Timberlake Campground and RV - maps
Little Soda Springs Campground - maps
Panther Creek Campground - maps
More campgrounds - http://campgrounds.away.com/travel/campgrounds/location-Carson--WA/range-city

Lodging
Sand Hill Cottages, Carson, WA - http://www.sandhillcottages.com/rates.htm
Carson Ridge Cabins, Carson, WA - http://www.carsonridgecabins.com/cabins.htm
Columbia Gorge Riverside Lodge, Stevenson, WA - http://www.cgriversidelodge.com/outback.html
Rodeway Inn, Stevenson, WA - http://www.rodewayinn.com/hotel-stevenson-washington-WA071
Columbia Gorge Motel, Bridge of the Gods, OR - http://www.columbiagorgemotelor.com/


The Gauge for the festival can be found below:
https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/wrx/wrx/flows/station.asp?sta=29C100


Replies:
Posted By: RemAcct2
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2010 at 9:51am
Who wants to carpool?

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Posted By: dragorossinw
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2010 at 10:38am
Awsome Event Last Year!!  Hope to see you all there!!

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Posted By: BRoss
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2010 at 3:08pm
weather looks like it will be spectacular for this weekend. Are flows supposed to be decent or will it be low? (don't really know what to make of that gauge since all i know is what the takeout rock looks like)

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Posted By: RemAcct2
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2010 at 11:40am
Anyone going down? I've got seats.

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Posted By: chipmaney
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2010 at 12:53pm
Originally posted by BRoss

weather looks like it will be spectacular for this weekend. Are flows supposed to be decent or will it be low? (don't really know what to make of that gauge since all i know is what the takeout rock looks like)


The gage is at 5'. I ran it at 8', which was high.  Through extrapolation, I'm guessing it's low.

Anybody else have beta on the Wind gage?

In addition, there's always the White Salmon.....relatively sure we will do Wind/Farmlands, as I owe Lava Falls some payback....


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Posted By: phil
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2010 at 2:11pm
I'm in PDX taking care of some stuff this weekend, have days free to boat though.

Chip, your plan sounds awesome, I'm more interested in checking out the Wind scene one day and hitting the WS the other than spending all weekend on the Wind.

Anyone know what the Husum gauge is at right now?

Posted By: RemAcct2
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2010 at 4:47pm
Phil - we will be at Wind Sat, Truss or Farmlands Sunday.  You know my number...

- Leif


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Posted By: tiziak
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2010 at 6:36pm
I boated Trout creek into the Upper wind 2 weeks ago and the water was well below the cup mark at the put in. A little bit low but fun.

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Posted By: phil
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2010 at 8:38pm
Sounds good - Leif, I'll give you a buzz Thur or Fri

Posted By: Old Fart
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 8:57am
Wind is fairly low but not super boney and still fun...pretty user friendly FYI don't know if you're racing, but I think Sunday is the race for kayaks 8.5 and under...Not sure about Husum but I think it's in the 3' range

Posted By: RemAcct2
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 6:51pm
I still have two seats.  Is anyone else going?

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Posted By: jP
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2010 at 2:56pm
yeah-- 5' is "low", or "the lowest side of medium low" depending on who you are and your subjectivity, or which gauge you use...

Of course, what confuses me most about the Wind, is the useage of a call-in gauge found somewhere near the Columbia, vs. the stick gauge at the Put-in for the "Stabler to High Bridge" run. This numeric value is less than the lower gauge, but all the cat boaters go by the lower gauge.




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