Ski Ambassador

Condition reports often don't tell the whole story so we've asked Cary Adgate, Olympian and Boyne SnowSports Ambassador, to give you a local's perspective on how the mountains are skiing and riding. Check out his comments at our BOYNE Blog.

Cary Adgate What is a "Ski Ambassador"? Cary Adgate promotes public awareness of the great recreational and competitive programs that Boyne Mountain and Boyne Highlands offer. Additionally, he serves in an advisory capacity to several departments of the Boyne operation and is involved as a guest coach with Boyne's various race training and competition programs.

Olympian, Cary Adgate started racing at Boyne Mountain in 1961 and refined his skills under Austrian Martin Burger of Othmar Schneider's Boyne Mountain Ski School.

Ironically, just a few years later in 1973, Adgate's name was to be etched on the most prestigious award in North American ski racing, the Roch Cup at Aspen, Colorado - alongside that of Schneider's predecessor at Boyne Mountain, Stein Eriksen, and other ski racing greats like Jean-Claude Killy, Buddy Werner, Billy Kidd, and Jimmy Heuga.

From there, Adgate went on to:

  • Represent the USA in two Olympics - Innsbruck 1976 & Lake Placid 1980
  • Win six U.S. National Championship titles
  • Be ranked as high as 3rd in the world on the FIS points list
  • Score five top-five World Cup race placings
  • Win the U.S. Pro Tour's 1984 U.S. Professional Championships
  • Become the most accomplished Michigan ski racer to date

Cary's excitement for skiing returned in a big way during the winter of 2002, and he gives two simple reasons:

  • FAMILY "My kids are now experiencing the thrill and freedom that I fell in love with forty years ago - and that thrills me."
  • FUN "The new skis, technical gear, and high-speed lifts have put the joy back in skiing - I am arcing better turns, feeling far fewer aches and pains, and grinning more grins than I ever have."