Replying to Coming to shred utah

myself a few friends are flying out to utah in a little less than two weeks, staying with a friend in the ogden area. we'll be skiing snowbasin, powder, and probably snowbird or alta, depending on the lift ticket situation. we haven't booked a car rental yet, so we still need to do that.

to everybody who's been riding at these resorts, how's the snowpack/base? i was at basin last year and there was really no worry of hitting any hidden rocks/trees, etc, but this was in march. how's the weather been? are there any systems moving in that a novice weather dork like me wouldn't be able to pick up on just by looking at noaa and radar and such?

as for the car rental, would we be safe getting a mid-full size sedan, strapping out ski bags to the roof and buying tire chains are an auto store instead of paying the extra $300+ for an SUV for the week? life would be so much easier if places rented subaru outbacks...