Finally!
After several weeks of a snow drought that resulted in
marginal winter recreation conditions, higher elevations of Central Oregon are
enjoying a series of storms bringing a foot and more of the white stuff.
As of early Friday, Mt. Bachelor was reporting more than
20 inches at mid-mountain the past three days and 17 new inches at the base, or
a total of 59 and 43 inches respectively.
A more intense storm was expected to bring as much as a
foot or more to the slopes over the weekend.
As a result, Hoodoo ski area 25 miles west of Sisters was
gearing up for its first operation of the year, having missed the important
holiday period.
At the Meissner cross country area just 15 minutes from
downtown Bend, grooming had resumed after being suspended for several weeks
when warmer temperatures sucked up an early season base. That was good news to
the Meissner Nordic club, which had raised more than $180,000 for a new Pisten
Bully groomer this year.
For updates on snow conditions check the Mt. Bachelor ski
report at:
http://www.mtbachelor.com/winter/mountain/snow_report
. Meissner grooming conditions are available at http://www.meissnernordic.org/
.
Mountain pass reports and road alerts with web cams are
available at
