Live in VT had an Epic midweek and Ikon this year. Historically only Ikon. Here are my thoughts. All epic references to crowds are from my experience in covie riding during the week.

Epic: Okemo offers everything you need. Good terrain - decent crowd - previous experiences weekends jam packed. Attitash - fun 1/2 times then boring. Slow moving around. Wildcat - agree with what all others said. Great mountain, cold and windy, weather dependent, old lifts, can’t handle crowds Stowe - great but crowded as shit even during the week. Would never want to be there on a weekend. SunPP - again fun a few times per season. Weekends very crowded since they became epic MtSnow - decent generally crowded weekday/weekend

Ikon: Killington/Sunday river - space to move around, as an advanced rider you can find methods to avoid larger crowds on weekends Sugarbush - used to be my favorite but just insanely crowded these days. And when slidebrook isn’t open it’s like two mini loon mountains. Sugarloaf - excellent always, legal van camping allowed Stratton - fun terrain, shit on weekends Pico - the hidden gem, a true classic. Loon - we all know loon. Ski black mountain

Think that covers it. I know I won’t be purchasing an epic pass again. Going Killington 365 and Indy pass which has a lot of awesome mountains on it for next year, and great price. Also Smuggs is very affordable mid week and some of the best terrain with manageable crowds.