thats for sure I live in Wrightwood 5 minutes from Mountain High and we could definintely use some more skiers Mt. High is your best bet even though it kinda sux but theres also Mt. Baldy and Big Bear
i live in malibu and unfortuantly the only good real skiing that your gonna do that is close is mammoth, mt high is pretty good, and it is only 2 hours. mammoth took me 4 hours one time, but i was going like 110