Tahoe is great, skied and boarded there at Boreal, Alpine, Mt. Rose, Slide Mountian, Squaw but missed the other resorts. My wife is from Sparks so we used to travel there often until her parents passed. Colorado was Breckenridge, Copper, and A Basin. Idaho is Brundage, Silver Mountian, and Schweitzer. Oregon is Anthony Lakes, Batchelor, and Mt. Hood. Washington features my local ski area Bluewood, and I have also skied at 49 Degrees North, and Mt. Spokane. Utah was Alta. Red Mountain in Canada. That is all I can remember right now!
I learned to ski in Ohio in the little town of Butler. My absolute best ski instructor worked there and was about 80 some years old at the time. SNOW MAKERS running creating nothing but ice! Skied Sugar and Beach in North Carolina and some small place in Indiana near Louisville, KY. Anyone who can ski or snowboard the East or Midwest would kill for the actual snow in the West. I also agree that if you can ski the East the West us so much easier! If it is icy most of us leave the resort or just ski gromed runs.
I moved to the Northwest to ski but work too much to enjoy it lately.