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You’re not trying hard enough. See below, then go out with your pals and replicate.

Mt. Bachelor is skiing well as is Meissner, and you can always get up-to-date grooming info at Meissner Nordic Community Ski Trails.

photo: Grant Myrtyl

video lead: J. Dengel, House of Fun

This article appears in Dec 15-21, 2011.

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Think Nordic Skiing is Boring?

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 16, 2011

<h1>Think Nordic Skiing is Boring?</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 16, 2011</p> <p>You're not trying hard enough. See below, then go out with your pals and replicate.</p> <p><object><em>You need to use a flashplayer enabled browser in order to view this video</em></object></p> <p><a href="http://www.mtbachelor.com/winter/mountain/nordic_ski_center/nordic_conditions/snow_report/nordic.html" target="_blank">Mt. Bachelor</a> is skiing well as is Meissner, and you can always get up-to-date grooming info at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/MeissnerNordic" target="_blank">Meissner Nordic Community Ski Trails</a>.</p> </p> <p>photo: Grant Myrtyl</p> <p>video lead: J. Dengel, House of Fun</p> <p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/v/2fxtr3Ulhgs </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/think-nordic-skiing-is-boring-2139693/&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=17042&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/think-nordic-skiing-is-boring-2139693/&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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