Replying to Snow to height ratio for cliff dropping

So I'm lining up a massive ski trip with a ton of dudes, and since we are all Minnesotan, we don't get to experience any backcountry-esque skiing. We're heading west, over to Colorado and I thought that before going in and blatantly dropping cliffs, I should probably get a bit of info as to what amount of snow you guys prefer with the height of the cliff. I only have 1 day's experience with cliffs, on top of that little amount, it was in vail, so I was dropping a 20 footer for a few hours. There was about 8 inches worth of expired pow, and I felt like I could throw anything off the edge and land safe because of how the snow felt. But then again, a ton of free riding edits seem to have guys dropping 20-30 footers with almost no pow underfoot. Help some Midwesterners out and input your opinion/preference on how much snow you want for any given height. Thanks all!