What are the elite colleges with skiing nearby? My son wants to be able to ski in college. Not for an elite ski team but for fun.
Bates, Colby, Bowdoin.
In addition to the Maine schools mentioned above, Middlebury, Dartmouth, Colorado College.
It depends on the caliber of skiing he requires. You can be on the slopes from Harvard or Pomona, too, but not at a first-class ski area. I’m not sure how great all the mountains within two hours of Montreal are, but there is world class skiing in the Lawrentians.
Re: my previous post (#3) - that would be for McGill. Cornell is within reach of good skiing in upstate NY, as are URochester, Colgate, and Hamilton.
Dartmouth has its own ski area. Middlebury may as well. I think Amherst and Williams are both two hours from sthe Berkshire hills or Southern Vermont resorts. I think Pomona is within an hour or two of skiing (and surfing!)
Reed (Oregon). Stanford and Berkeley, if he’s willing to push it to a 3-4 hour drive rather than 2.
I believe that Middlebury and Dartmouth are the only two colleges in the country that own their own ski mountains, complete with lodges, lifts, and snow-making equipment.
http://www.middleburysnowbowl.com/
http://skiway.dartmouth.edu/
Union, RPI, Skidmore - no idea if you would consider these elite but all very good schools and there are ski areas in the Berkshires (about an hour away,) the Adirondacks (1 to 1 1/2 hrs - another hour to Whiteface) Southern VT - 1 1/2 to Mt. Snow and Stratton, and about the same to areas in the Catskills. Vassar would probably be an hour to same Catskill ski areas.
Williams is right in the Berkshire so approx 30 minutes to Berkshire ski areas.
The Claremont colleges are less than 2 hours to Big Bear (Mt Baldy, 20 minutes hardly counts)
I think Cornell has some slopes nearby
In addition to having its own ski area, Dartmouth is within two hours of some of the best skiing on the east coast (Stowe, etc.) and probably true of Middlebury too.
Even metro Boston has skiing.
That’s a scary thought, if Bostonians ski like they drive! 
Here’s a map of ski resorts.
http://www.skicentral.com/maps.html
But remember that not all mountains were created equal. Harvard students could reach the mountain near me in about an hour, but although the resort says it has 9 advanced slopes they’re a bit of a joke for experienced skiers. It’s a nice family hill but the black diamonds are more like blue or green slopes at any serious resort.
“I think Cornell has some slopes nearby”
Greek Peak in in Cortland, 1/2 hour away.
Don’t forget CU Boulder with its top engineering, business and music programs. Also Colorado School of Mines.
From the Air Force Academy or Colorado College (in Colorado Springs), it’s a little over 2 hours to Loveland Valley, Breckenridge, or Monarch Mountain. These are 3 of the closest major Colorado ski areas to Colorado Springs.
http://www.skimonarch.com/about-monarch/stats-and-hours
http://www.skiloveland.com/themountain/MountainStats.aspx
http://www.breckenridge.com/mountain/mountain-information.aspx#/MountainStats
Colorado College operates on a one-course-at-a-time “block plan”. Each course lasts 3.5 weeks. The 4.5-day “block breaks” between blocks create good opportunities to ski.
https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/welcome/overview/classprofile/
St. Lawrence. The only reason it’s not considered elite is because it’s relatively easy to get into.
Williams is right in the middle of the Berkshires and has terrific ski options: Alpine 25 to 45 minutes from campus and Nordic minutes away. Winter sports are a big part of the culture.
http://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php/Skiing
This year my son was boarding on Beacon Hill!