OK, I know we have some wanderers, ramblers, ne'er-do-wells, and off-the-beaten-path travellers here.

Question for y'all:

What are your favorite small, goofball, eccentric places to slide on snow?

Small resorts with big personalities type of thing.

My local loves in SoCal are:

June Mountain (OK, 400 miles away, but who is counting, eh?)

Mt. Baldy (Home of the Bong Ripping Lifties, and grooming that consists of a section of chain-link fence towed behind an ATV)

Mt. Waterman (awaiting official 2007 permit status...but I can vouch for the partying capacity of the lift-ops crew)

Buckhorn Ski Club (home of the nut-cracker "lift tow"...non-members can put five bucks in the Folgers coffee can, and ride some of SoCal's best backcountry)

Anyway.


Any local gems in your area you are willing to share?

Thanks ~