Big flakes pouring from the sky. Low-E Fan guns pouring it right back. Man and nature teamed up today – and for the last week – to create a virtual snow factory. Everywhere you look…white. I cannot remember ever seeing snow pile up this fast in Michigan.

 It was the first day of skiing for Boyne Mountain today, and together with Boyne Highlands, it's now open for the season.

 Today was a neck gaiter day – pretty brisk out – but I was cozy in my new DNA outer gear. I quit only because I had to get home to plow out my captive family – not because I was cold.

OK, skiing was fun in the 60's, I remember that. But it's the stuff today, like snowmaking, modern fabrics and insulation, skis, goggles, you name it – it's the stuff that makes it so much easier to have fun.

I do love this sport.

Cary Adgate, BOYNE Ambassador of Skiing