January is 'Discover Michigan Snow Sports Month' and although some areas of the state are not seeing snow on the ground, it doesn't mean you can't hit the slopes. Michigan Snow Sports Industry Association director Mickey MacWilliams says every year resorts in the state spend big bucks on state of the art snow-making equipment.

“We have webcams set up a ski areas all across the state and on our web site, goskimichigan.com, there's a tab that says 'webcams' – you can click on that tab and you can see people in real time out on the slopes so you'll know that there's snow before you go.”

MacWilliams also says 4th and 5th graders can get a passport letting them ski up to three times for free at each of 30 participating ski areas (go to https://goskimichigan.com/michigan-ski-programs/michigan-ski-cold-is-cool). She notes that no matter where you live in Michigan you are no more than two hours away from a ski-resort.