Tis ture, also If you don't ride the quads on weekends, and know how to find the Marc double, and cleo tripple, you rarely have to wait inline. I know there were days Xmas week, where you can ski right up to these chairs and not need to wait more than 10 seconds. Also the singles lines move pretty quickly most of the time.
As far as trails, I think unless you are at Elk, they are pretty much the same all over. Same with the snow conditions.
Go wherever you can, just avoid the CB admins.