Have you thought about Canadian options - the difference in the dollars is not as great as it used to be, but Canadian ski areas still offer outstanding value.
Whistler, on the West Coast is considered by many the best ski reasort in North America. The terrain options are outstanding. However, the weather is fickle( It was raining right to the top of the mountain this week!) and it's perhapos the most expensive place to ski in Canada.
My favourite places to ski are in the BC interior. Silver Star Mountain is by far, my #1 place. for the simple reason that it has world class nordic skiing and downhill skiing. There are 100Km of trails and a huge range of downhill options with ski-in - ski-out accomodation. Park the car for a week and just ski all day. It's not that expensive here either. We used to go for 5 - 6 days and nordic ski 30 - 40K in the morning and then downhill ski( on very tired legs - great strength workout) in the afternoon. They can a get a mammoth amount of snow there by mid winter. Last time I was there, Silver Star had a 3m(12 foot base)!!
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