early season is always a gamble with ski resorts. sometimes it can be great and lots of stuff is open, other times youll have just groomed runs until january/february.
my trip coming up, we are doing one day at lake louise just to get our ski legs back under us, then (if avy conditions permit) we are heading off into the back country/up the icefields parkway. the avalanche canada trip reports ive seen so far look decent. definitley bringing rock skis so i dont ruin my nice pair on the sharks.
https://www.avalanche.ca/mountain-i...missions/e748a3ab-5ee2-11ed-bf5c-a256ae99889f
good luck in school. i had a ball skipping class and going to tremblant during big dumps on weekdays when i studied at uottawa.
whiteface in ny is also a really close option with some sick chute/freeride skiing.