Early season riding at a lot of resorts can be frustrating. I have done it at A Basin, Killington, and some others. It always seems to end up a cluster f&%k of people on a ribbon of snow. Hopefully this will be different for you.
Best early season riding I have had was living in Utah for the 95-96 season. I rode lots of fresh at Alta and Solitude in October into November. A lot of this riding was very memorable because the resorts hadn't opened yet, so I could hike and ride all the powder I wanted....in October. Ahhh...the good old days.
