I loved Utah personally - Snowbird was amazing. and Colorado - Breckenridge was great. The great thing about those two areas is that there are like 4 or 5 great mountains all in reasonable driv...

I went to Mary Jane/Winter park; Breckenridge; and Keystone. Breckenridge was HORRIBLE for me, which I heard is incredibly rare. So I don't take that ONE time as what it's always like.

when i went to whistler it was awesome, but i heard they usually have more snow than when i went. when i went to breckenridge it was unbelievable