Repeat after me: Do not go to Mount Snow again. Ever. It's the biggest ripoff
anywhere. For 60 bucks you should get more than 1,600 vertical, only a couple
of trails that are remotely challenging, and hordes of bad skiers from, ahem,
New York and Boston. Sure, you enjoyed it, but you were robbed. Even if sixty
bucks is pocket change to you, it's the principle of the thing. Mount Snow gets
away with robbery only because it's a little bit closer than better mountains
(and isn't snobby like Stratton, but that's another rant).

(Unless of course you can score some seriously discounted lift tickets -- say,
50 percent off.)

Okemo might work; never been there. Killington is pricey, but it's humongous,
and you won't be lonely.

For my money, you cannot beat northern Vermont: Stowe, Sugarbush. If you like
rustic -- and I mean really rustic -- try Mad River Glen, the anti-resort. That
is, if you really care just about skiing, not a lot of garbage. Of course,
these places are far from New York and Boston, but that's why they're good --
the distance keeps away the jerks. Stowe, especially, is not far from the
interstates, which are easy driving.

Others will disagree, but given your parameters, you could consider -- drum
roll -- Whiteface, New York. It's way up there, but once you get on the
Northway you can cruise to get there there and back to Trumbull. Biggest vert
in the East and never crowded. No colder or icier than Vermont.