Cheap, close and good ski resort

    Hey, I grew up skiing in the Swiss Alps and am looking for a mountain
with similar difficulty of slopes in the U.S.  I have skiied in Wintergreen
and Massanutten in VA and Snowshoe in WVA, however, I was quite disappointed
by them.  Could anyone suggest any other places that would be good skiing?
Powder would be a BIG bonus.
    That's the easy part, the hard part is that it needs to be close to VA
or cheap to get to if it's not close.  The second thing is that it has to be
cheap, or pretty reasonably priced, i.e. accomodations, lift tickets, and
restaurants.
If anyone has any ideas or advice, I would greatly appreciate it!
Thanks,

Sankalp