snow quality: so far all anyone has said is that it rains a lot at the
base, and that the snow is wetter than snow in the interior. my question,
for the tenth time, is the snow above the tree line so wet and heavy that
it is unenjoyable for a skier, or is it still nice snow just not AS nice
as certain other parts of the country?
Snow above treeline is usually powdery, just not as powdery as Utah.

perfect.

The downsides of Whistler are crowds, cost, and fog. It's not foggy
every day, however. And if you're there a whole season, you will be
there for the low-crowd times as well as the high-crowd times. That
leaves cost as the big issue, IMHO.

cost isn't an issue, as i stated we have lodging for $600 a month each
in a nice place, and thats cheaper rent than i pay now and $900 for a
midweek season pass is a great deal as far as i'm concerned.

If you didn't like Silver Star, maybe you should stay away from other of
the smaller interior BC places mentioned, and just hit the big Kahuna
like you seem to want to. That way, you'll have done it and it will be
out of the way .

exactly don't get me wrong, silver star is the best skiing i've
ever had in my entire life, but its not so radically different from
what we have out east.. its a fantastic place to visit, but i wouldn't
want to live there. eventually when i have more money i'd like to spend
the winter touring some of the better mountains in bc/alberta,
i'd like to go to utah, i'd like to ski in the alps, i'd like to
spend a week heli-skiing.. but all of that costs SO much more than
it will cost us to live five minutes from a gondola in whistler
for five months.