If any of you lurkers are ladies, check out
http://www.theskidiva.com/Not many SE/Mid-Atlantic skiers there. But Wendy did put up one my pics of Massanutten from Dec on the home page. Next to a grand pic of Swiss Alps. The forum includes quite a few instructors and expert skiers who are very patient answering questions about technique and equipment.
A few of us will be meeting at Beech on Jan. 25 with our daughters. It's a teacher work day for some NC schools.