I grew up in the Black Hills and was skiing for most of my life. Now I live in the middle of the damn Great Plains. We have a hill near where I live, the chair lift takes 5 minutes to get to the top and it takes approximately 20 seconds to get to the bottom. Thus I don't get out on the hill very often even though we have had great snow recently. I guess I either need to get off my high horse or figure out how to get to Colorado or Wyoming, ah Jackson Hole I dream of you often.