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Some of you are forgetting (ODDJOB) that a European is coming over. He doesn't live here. Hence, driving all over kingdom come to ski some little out of the way hills that have good snow and nothing else is probably NOT the best of ideas, unless he has time and money to burn.
With that said, many of us have listed the BIGGEST of the good resorts out there - which leads to many days of varied skiing all over the resort (more like Europe), rather than skiing the same runs over and over and over again because the resort is smallish (but good). For the most part, they are all excellent places to ski.
I guess you are the only decent skier around here since you skied with Billy and on the 225's. Guess what, many of us who replied skied on those long boards too. We learned on those skis but we don't feel the need to point it out as you did because it wasn't relevant to the OP's request.
Anyway, yes...as one moves east away from the coastline, the moisture content of the snow diminishes and makes for lighter, drier snow. Utah is the best place for that stuff. Colorado is right up there too. However, with that said, the west offers up some great skiing too - even if the powder is not quite as light. The OP mentioned Whistler and I have to say that is an EXCELLENT choice. It has two 5000+ foot mountains to ski on, with everything from small glaciers to tree skiing. You will not run out of terrain to ski on either.
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