LOL, too funny.
Being a Cal skier it was a tale of two mountains. Having skied Alta, Snowbird, Park City (my date was from there), Aspen, Vail, Tell, Taos the Sierras were my local hill tops and dang, try jumping out of 3 feet of powder it kills your knees. Or 3 inches of powder groomed on top of ice. Try flying 50 feet and if you helicopter onto a mogul not groomed your hip pays a price, bindings and skis everywhere praying no hospital. And did I mention, its freaking cold.