[JasonE]

My three favorite mountains to ski (in order) are Black Mountain, Bromley, and Crotched. I have a season pass to Wachusett and enjoy it (though there isn't a day of the season that I wouldn't rather be at Black if it weren't for the four-hour drive).

I've skied Okemo, I've skied Attitash. I liked both very much, but I'll take Black's classic narrow trails and natural terrain, or Bromley's short lines and FRIENDLY people, or Crotched's amazing snow conditions (even in the worst of weather) over longer runs any day.

Then again... I don't ski bumps and I'm not a powder-hound. Maybe if I were, I'd need more altitude. But, for me, terrain and conditions easily trump vertical.

JMO-YMMV

Jason