If you want to cross country ski, Laurel ridge and Laurel mountain have groomed trails and rent skis. There are many miles of ungroomed trails as well.
If you are looking to go down steeps you can always hike or snowshoe up and ski down, which is not a whole lot more work than skinning if you aren't going far horizontally. Or you could get daymakers inserts and skins for your downhill skis. Or get a cheap tele setup new or used.
If you have a beefy enough tele setup you can do regular alpine turns although not as.confidently as with a locked heel. I am not sure what kind of equipment Whitegrass rents.
Just go and try it.
Everyone thinks they just want to tour but the truth is that XC - downhill (XCD) gear is *much* lighter and *much* quicker to climb with.
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