Mammoth Mountain. It's the best in the USA. Plus you would be gaining residency months in California, which has the best community college system in the USA. Yo

Mammoth Mountain. It's the best in the USA. Plus you would be gaining residency months in California, which has the best community college system in the USA. You can go to CC in CA for $20 a credit and then transfer into Berkeley if you take the right classes and get good grades. Smuggs is fun (prefer Stowe and Okemo, tho) and I love Vermont but the economy there (and anywhere in NE besides Boston) has been in the dumps for years. You'll have to move out of state once the season is over. Plus, all the Northeast resorts are full of grouchy telemarkers and finance dingleberries from Boston and NYC. Mammoth Mountain is filled with olympic snowboarding hopefuls during the week and hot chicks from LA on the weekends. Also consider Big Bear if you want to maximize the social aspect, but it's a much worse hill. The downside is that it's hard to actually get a job at Mammoth because all the spots are already taken by Australians. Also, the available jobs that are easy to get are usually in food service.