New secret spot.

tstansbury · Since 06 Jun 2006 649 Posts Rowena and P.C Addicted

I have been debating weather to post this for a few weeks. But in the end I figure people will discover it any way. I have been kiteing sols at Mosier creek(not rock creek but the big sand bar on the bend in mosier) for the last couple of weeks. The walk is shorter then secrets and the launch is good(I am going to clean out some bushes this eve). I have not tried it in light wind but from 15 to 40 mph it is good. there are some stumps under water near the beach so I get out and into the chanel before i start jumping and then work my way up to the area between the exit and rock creek (two reaches)

Tracy( the best kiteing dentist in Mosier)

pacifichigh · Since 11 May 2005 1004 Posts ATX Texan

That spot isn't all too secret!

tstansbury · Since 06 Jun 2006 649 Posts Rowena and P.C Addicted

not secret but unused I have been out there a lot this year and have yet to see another person.

lance_k · Since 04 May 2005 561 Posts Hood River Photographer

i agree that place has potential. free parking, short walk, some sand even.

tstansbury · Since 06 Jun 2006 649 Posts Rowena and P.C Addicted

I should have said replacement for the old secret spot. I know it is not a secret, but ss was not really a secret peolple have been using it for years. infact one thing no one has said is we have managed to close The Dalles locals favorite swimming hole.

pdxmonkeyboy · Wed Jul 19, 06 10:03 am

Isn't there hella submerged stumps there? I think I have been kiting there but not sure if it is the same spot. Just after the tunnel, parking on a dirt pullout on the north side of 14...

oops, I'm thinking of Lyle point.

NaishUSA · Since 07 Jul 2005 53 Posts HR OR

The highway is something to consider as well, it's pretty downwind of the launching/landing zone.....seen some little waves breaking on the sand on high wind days though Smile

tstansbury · Since 06 Jun 2006 649 Posts Rowena and P.C Addicted

The stumps and highway are not as bad as they look as you drive bye when you get down there

Scriffler · Since 03 Jul 2005 581 Posts LYLE Addicted

Instead of trying to have secret spots, keep them a secret or call them "the really good spot I just found" when you post them on a kite forum. :P

Pepi · Wed Jul 19, 06 9:51 pm

Keep an eye out for the Poison Oak on the Mosier spit.
I noticed a couple of Poison Oak bushes out their earlier this Spring while looking for a lost board.

Pepi

Mark · Thu Jul 20, 06 8:04 am **Name a spot after yourself!**

Find a new spot and share it with the community. You get to name it what ever you want!

tstansbury · Since 06 Jun 2006 649 Posts Rowena and P.C Addicted

I called it a new secret spot only to post it as an option for those people displaced from ss. It is in know way a secret, it is just a spot that is alot better than it looks from the hwy and as the only one who has been rideing it I thought I would share. It is not a spot for beginers(hwy down wind) or people who want to go big right on the beach(stumps). But for those of you who like to head up wind from the sandbar or ss to spread out it is an option and I wouldn't mind some company>

tinyE · Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster

new to the whole gorge thing...but i'll come out... upriver or downriver from SS?