I don’t think I’ve made the drive up the Cascade Lakes Highway in more than a month now. That might be an exaggeration, but I like to ski three times a week and this has been a serious hiatus.

I headed up to Virginia Meissner yesterday, which waa a non-grooming day, but they had nevertheless groomed a few of the lower trails. I’m glad I brought my classic skis, because even on the groomers the snow was too squishy for skating. I  saw a few endorphin junkies out there with skates on, so it was doable, just not recommended.

I poked a few test holes in the snow and it did not seem that Meissner got all the rain we did in town a few days ago, just white fluffy powder. Today should be beautiful up there will all the trails freshly groomed. Winter is back!

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Snow Report: Skiing at Virginia Meissner after the storm

by Laurel Brauns, The Source - Bend, Oregon
February 17, 2011

<h1>Snow Report: Skiing at Virginia Meissner after the storm</h1> <p class="byline">by Laurel Brauns, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />February 17, 2011</p> <p>I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;ve made the drive up the Cascade Lakes Highway in more than a month now. That might be an exaggeration, but I like to ski three times a week and this has been a serious hiatus.</p> <p>I headed up to <a href="http://www.tumalolanglauf.com/virginia_meissner_sno_park.php" target="_blank">Virginia Meissner</a> yesterday, which waa a non-grooming day, but they had nevertheless groomed a few of the lower trails. I&rsquo;m glad I brought my classic skis, because even on the groomers the snow was too squishy for skating. I&nbsp; saw a few endorphin junkies out there with skates on, so it was doable, just not recommended.</p> <p>I poked a few test holes in the snow and it did not seem that Meissner got all the rain we did in town a few days ago, just white fluffy powder. Today should be beautiful up there will all the trails freshly groomed. Winter is back!</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/snow-report-skiing-at-virginia-meissner-after-the-storm-2137245/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=20586&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/snow-report-skiing-at-virginia-meissner-after-the-storm-2137245/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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