Wouldn't know because I'm not about the 2+ hour drives for early season-one-route-open skiing, but that's just me.

Another suggestion for winter recreation around here: cross country skiing. It's a little less social and not as fun as alpine skiing, but it's still fun, good exercise, gets you out of the house in the winter, free after investing a couple hundred for the skis and boots, and you can do it locally. Doe Farms is great for it if/when the lamprey freezes over enough to go out on, that's right by UNH. Haven't done skiing at Vaughan Woods, but it's also not far and the trails there would be perfect. Or during our big storms, before the sidewalks are cleared you can go right outside your door.