Took a chance last weekend to hit up a little known SoCal mountain on a partial powder day (it snowed 18-24 inches 36 hours prior). The powder wasn’t quite Colorado Champagne, but it was pretty darned good for SoCal. If you consider yourself an decent skiier, and you can handle blacks most of the time, Waterman is your place. They only have a few green and blue runs (which are good enough for first timers, but not for someone just wanting long cruisers), but they have a good number of steep runs in and out of the trees.