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Leave Aspen and Jackson Hole to the see-and-be-seen ski crowds. Laid-back, here-for-the-snow folks flock to the Sierra Nevada mountains in eastern California, where ski areas have exciting terrain for all abilities and relaxed atmospheres. It doesn’t hurt that a ski trip in California’s Sierras can be significantly less expensive than one to those other ritzy…