I haven't skied too many different places, but Marble Mountain in Newfoundland, where I am now is 1700 vertical feet and gets average 16 feet of snow a year. they have a decent park and pipe, and the top is above treeline, because it is so far north here, trees grow at lower altitudes. Season passes are $160 + tax for a student earlybird pass, which is pretty damn cheap, since that would get you like 3 or 4 days at Sugarloaf. I don't know how much the slopeside condos are, but people come from Europe to ski there.