'Dude, I think it just SEEMS like people know what they are doing out West, but it's just an illusion of space. At CB, there are 347 skiers/boarders per square inch; out in Utah, there are 3 per square mile. Well, give or take.
Take a look at Marjie's on a busy Saturday at 11am...picture that many people coating a slope at A Basin. It would look utterly ridiculous. You'd have to be insane to jump into that mess.