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Best parts:

Skiing 560k+ vertical ft (a lot for an office worker in a city); almost 40% of those were in powder.
Covering 11 of the 50 mountains from Fifty Places to Ski and Snowboard Before You Die
Going to Utah from NYC with less than 30 hours notice. I told work I'd be taking significant amounts of vacation time, but I didn't know when. I booked my tickets when I saw a series of storms about to hit the Wasatch, and stayed for 10 days.

Worst parts:
Not being sufficiently prepared for my first tour by Tuckerman Ravine in December. I didn't have breakfast, and my food/water froze in the nasty -20° C (-4° F) weather. It was -35 °C (-31 °F) with wind chill, and we were out there for 8 hours. To make matters worse, I dressed too warmly during the uphill, sweat a lot, got all my clothes wet, and then got frozen when we stopped to dig snow pits. I pulled a muscle in my leg, so skiing down was difficult and incredibly painful. I honestly thought I was going to die that day.
Booking a 6 day trip to Whistler months in advance. When we went, it hadn't snowed in over a month, and everything was bulletproof ice. On our last day, a big storm front moved in and it dumped for days.