i'm sixteen, I learned how to ski in Utah when I was two, I skied and raced in Michigan and Wisconsin for nine years, and starting freshman year I go to boarding school in New Hampshire, and skied New England last winter for some of the most epic pow the east has seen in years. Whenever I can, I ski out east (Vail, BC, etc) because I am definitely a big mountain skier (despite my home mountain). Although Powder has a bum rap for being an old person's magazine, they actually are the sole source for articles on the new backcountry newschool movement. They are as core as any mag can get, and combined with Axis (also made by Powder), you get the full scope of the newschool movement.
sorry for the life story, but I had to prove a point!!!
*NORTHEAST CULT*