I'm a hard boot rider for alpine (soft boots for boardercross). I've been in hard boots for the last 2 seasons and ride at The Nut. Not only do I ride there, I ride on their team and have competed at USASA Nationals over the last few years.
The mountain may be smaller than Wintergreen for example, but we have some great riders and fabulous coaches out here and are the only mountain in the entire App Series that will put up a BX course for competition.
Love to ride with another carver out there as you are right that their aren't many of them.