SoCal can be fun. I went there 2 years ago over christmas break. It was really sketchy because everything was machined, but hey, snow is snow. and as far as machined snow goes, Mt. High has that shit down pat... they had 80% machine made snow all year in 2002 and were still able to open the entire mountain including east side when they got a few measly snowstorms.
I also like the fact that they have 9 terrain parks when fully open. Thats just sick when you think about it...