Are there any mountains that really feel like you're going back in time? Like it's what your grandparents say skiing was like when they did it in the 60's?

When I was a kid mountains felt like this kind of obscure place you went and experienced a strange culture that was hard to find anywhere else. People were friendly and things weren't grossly over priced.

There is an older couple in my neighborhood, roughly my grandparents age (my grandparents never went skiing) who talk about what the mountains used to be like and it sounds like a much better over all experience than most mountains now.

They lived near a mountain and said it basically remained a locals only resort with the exception of holiday weekends. The staff new everyone because the whole community lived and/or worked on the mountain. If they didn't live or work there, the skiers were regulars that were well known to everyone.

Are there any mountains still like this? The quality of run isnt so much important as the quality of experience.