As fall reaches the end and winter begins, it’s an exciting time in Portland! Our favorite tours this time of year are the Chocolate and Coffee walking tour and this is also one of the best times of year to visit Silver Falls with our half-day hiking tour with the waterfalls absolutely roaring. Of course it’s always great to get into the easiest ways to get introduced to the city with our walk around or our brand-new Streetcar around Portland if the weather works for you. And maybe you should know about our Coffee Roasters of the Eastside walking tour?
December is a month that usually has moderate temperatures compared to other cities that experience cold winters — it’s just the rain and the short days that can be a change from your everyday (so many of our customers come from much sunnier climes!). Early December is shaping up to be wet but be pleasant with highs up to 58/59F or 15-16C. We usually see 4-6 inches of rain over the course of the month (this month is above average), and more days are rainy than not. Those boost our waterfalls to roaring; they truly have a life of their own! And our mosses are absolutely vibrant and glowing. The forecast this month is so far looking moderate, with no temperatures below 44F/6C forecast and some lovely periods of dry weather between the rainy. Mushrooms burst from every fallen tree and emerge from berry canes laid bare by the falling thimbleberry and hazelnut leaves. We call this time of year Twilight weather; art gives us the bright spots of color, and our imagination is full of the memory of when our city was host to vampires and werewolves. All of our tours should be operating without any major weather-related obstacles, but we will reach out to you if you have booked and weather conditions change. We never cancel for rain.
We will contact you to chat about the conditions prior to your experience if more extreme weather that might impact your experience is likely. We recommend good boots or shoes with traction and plenty of warm layers, but it is not winter style cold even when we get a bit of high elevation snow. More about what to wear here!