Spot report

🇺🇸Tsali Recreation Area, North Carolina

updated 07:00 local · open-meteo

🚵 Mountain bike· national forest trail network · base: Bryson City

Classic lakeside loop system on Fontana Lake that has been a Southeast MTB staple since the 1990s.

Heads up · Alternating bike/horse days on the loops

Season · suits intermediates

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Wind
5 km/h
gusts 5 · from SW
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 12 °C
Daylight
07:39 → 19:00
12 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0

What's rideable right now

Wind

Water

Mountain

River

🏄

SUP

RIDEABLE

glassy — 5 km/h, prime

Best windows this week

  • Wed 7am–7pmRIDEABLE

    glassy — 5 km/h, prime · 13 h

  • Thu 7am–6pmRIDEABLE

    glassy — 1 km/h, prime · 12 h

  • Sat 7am–6pmRIDEABLE

    glassy — 6 km/h, prime · 12 h

This week

Today

10 km/h

12–29 °C

🏄SUP

Thu

9 km/h

16–30 °C

🏄SUP

Fri

16 km/h

7–27 °C · 2 mm

🏄SUP

Sat

13 km/h

3–18 °C

🛶Kayak & canoe

Sun

7 km/h

4–19 °C

🛶Kayak & canoe

Mon

9 km/h

4–20 °C

🏄SUP

Tue

6 km/h

10–22 °C · 4 mm

🏄SUP

bars: daily max wind · best sport each day

Pack list

  • No water temp inland → judge by air — 12 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
  • UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
  • 12 °C → light layer you can stash
  • Daylight 07:39–19:00 → golden hour from 18:00

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