I thought skiing was long gone for this season in the Midwest, USA. Then I ran across this article in Powder Magazine. With base altitudes such as Boyne Mountain's 620 feet (189m), Midwest skiing tends to end in early April, if not sooner. But the crews at Boyne Mountain, Michigan, pulled off a first. On Memorial Day I tuned into their webcam, still live at this writing (sadly rather low resolution). It helped ease my skiing withdrawal to see the very last runs of the year for skiers and snowboarders. As a telemarker, my heart jumped when I read on this page: "We are also open Monday, May 25 for our last day of lift-served riding for the season, marking our latest closing date in history." Did that mean we could trek up the slope after May 25? Alas, the page now has removed "lift-served" from the text. It was a pipe dream anyway. Those bumps are too much for my nascent telemark turns and Boyne is 9 hours away by car. Here's to a snowy 2026-2027!…