as has kind of been implied by the other responses, there are a ton of places to hit up out west, but to me, the best bang for the buck is still the I-70 in colorado. It’s reasonably cheap and easy to get to, and if you get bored in the mountains you can go to a major city and hang out in LoDo which is very reminiscent of the southside with tons of bars, restaurants and shops. Only the Rockies totally dwarf the SS slopes…
edit: I-70 would be anything from Loveland, Breck, a-basin, copper, keystone, all the major resorts just a short jog off of the highway. Hell, Loveland has a set of lifts like right off of the highway.