DIAMOND LAKE — The snow was flying Saturday as 8-year-old Elise Balakas raced downhill in an inner tube. Elise and best friend Bethany Brockshire, 9, traveled from Klamath Falls with Elise’s family to play in the snow at Diamond Lake Resort. “We’re having very much fun,” Elise said. “It feels like we’re gonna drop, and it’s really cool. It’s a little bit scary.” After a slow start to the winter, a series of storms in the past week blanketed the resort 80 miles east of Roseburg with snow. The resort’s sliding hill opened two weeks ago, and Saturday was the …