Originally Posted by
taupo
For some real skiing/boarding, travel a little further down the valley to Apex Mountain Resort. Steep and deep without all the traversing that BW and SS have. Lots of trees, lots of steeps, great bar, choice of condos, cabins, hostel or hotel. BW is known for it's fog/cloud.
Although I have had a fun time skiing at Apex it is not a place that I would book far in advance for mid-January.
When the snow is good, the skiing is great, when the conditions are poor (no big dumps of lovely fluffy snow) the skiing is so-so because of the relatively small number of groomed runs and smaller overall terrain area.