good colleges near ski resorts

<p>I have been accepted by Sierra Nevada College. Its the home of our National Ski team. There are only 300 students --its about $31,000K a year. They have generous scholarship programs and you cant beat the scenery--big change from Texas. Do checkout their website. sierranevada.edu.</p>

<p>I don't think it has been mentioned yet:</p>

<p>Colorado School of the Mines is in Golden, about an hour from Keystone, Copper Mountain, Winter Park/Mary Jane, Solvista, 45 minutes from the local's Loveland, Eldora, and Arapahoe Basin (if you can get across Loveland Pass). Hour and a half from Breckenridge, Ski Cooper, and a little bit more for Vail, little more for Beaver Creek, little more for the Aspens. I have been told it is a good school, too. Beautiful. And two blocks down from free samples at the Coors Factory! Plus you are also thirty minutes from Denver, so its not like you are in the middle of nowhere like Western State.</p>

<p>But that's just Colorado. RPI in upstate NY is close to a number of resorts, although I've never been skiing out east to tell you if it's any good.</p>

<p>I "third" the Sierra Nevada/Lake Tahoe suggestion! (my neighbor goes there)</p>

<p>ahem, Reed college owns a ski cabin on nearby Mt. Hood for students to stay at, for free, when tehy want to get away for a weekend in the snow, and skiing. Doesnt get any better than that.</p>

<p>Cornell University and Colorado College</p>

<p>similar thread on schools where snowboarding is possible, but in warmer climates:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=54105%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=54105&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>UVA's near some east coast ski resorts if you aren't too spoiled by the Rockies already.</p>

<p>Schools in the Portland, OR area would be a good match...
Reed (as already mentioned), Portland State, Willamette University, Lewis & Clark... Mt. Hood and Willamette Pass are both within an hour driving distance.</p>

<p>I vote "not MIT" -- my boyfriend is a freestyle skiier and 8 hours of every one of my winter weekends are spent driving to and from Maine... 4 hours each way is long drive to make every weekend (but it is possible, clearly).</p>

<p>There are closer ski areas than the Maine resorts to Boston. Gunstock, Waterville Valley, Loon, and Sunapee should all be reachable in 3 hours or less. Gunstock is actually pretty close and they have great mid-week deals. Beautiful mountain -- the trails look out over Lake Winnepesaki. Can be colder than heck, though, as it's an east facing mountain.</p>

<p>Without checking the maps, I would think that similar time frames (or less) would apply from the 5-college area around Amherst.</p>

<p>Sorry, should have clarified that there were closer ski areas... my boyfriend skis for a team at Sunday River, hence the voyage to Maine every weekend.</p>

<p>(My boyfriend chimes in that Killington is only 2 hours from Boston as well, to add to interesteddad's list above.)</p>

<p>University of British Columbia is close to Whistler which has great powder.</p>

<p>Then there’s Montana State University in Bozeman that is always getting dumped on.</p>

<p>University of Alaska Southeast is also pretty sick I must say! (I’m from Juneau so I have to rep).</p>

<p>And I haven’t heard about the snow conditions but I’m assuming U of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado State, Colorado College, Fort Lewis College (in CO), U of Montana, U of Utah, Utah State, U of Nevada in Reno, and Sierra Nevada College are all good too.</p>

<p>If you are willing to consider a LAC (and I recommend you do, although most don’t offer engineering), then consider Dartmouth, Middlebury, Reed, and Colorado College (in that order of admissions selectivity).</p>

<p>New England skiing is of course different from western mountain skiing. As mentioned above, Dartmouth and Middlebury offer easy access to nearby slopes, but it’s not exactly world class skiiing. Colorado College is at least 90 minutes from a major ski resort, but after making that effort - which many students do every winter weekend - you are into some of the best skiing conditions in the world (in addition to many other excellent outdoor activities). All four of these schools are good to excellent in the sciences, but only Dartmouth offers engineering unless you want to go with a 3+2 program.</p>

<p>Thread is 5 years old.</p>

<p>The first thing you need to know when searching for a College or University that allows you to Ski/Snowboard your arse off is proximity. In other words if you have to take a class on T/Th as opposed to the rest being M-W-F; how fast after your 9:00-10:30 class can you get to the slopes to shred it up. Check this list by ESPN: [ESPN</a> Freeskiing picks 10 best colleges for skiing - ESPN](<a href=“http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/story/_/id/7186883/espn-freeskiing-picks-10-best-colleges-skiing]ESPN”>ESPN Freeskiing picks 10 best colleges for skiing - ESPN)</p>

<p>I went to Western State College in Gunnison Co in 1989-199x. Crested Butte is only 30 min. away and home to some of the most amazing terrain in the U.S. and everyrone who goes there is a ski bum. The goal is 100 days/yr. of powder. Student season passes are $629/yr Oct-Apr. Now…if you are a serious shredin’ MF, that means to get your $$ worth
you have to get 30+ days in just to make it worth while. No problem. Ask anyone in the dorm and you’ll have a ski club regular outing every week. </p>

<p>Remember kids…the 1st 2 years of school is about the core curriculum. Yale(snore), Harvard(yawn), and MIT(Nerds) will be there after your post-high school ski vacation.</p>

<p>Bonus is: 2 years of transferrable credits…assuming you’ll want to leave.</p>

<p>Thread is now 6 years old.</p>

<p>But it is still very relevant… The ski areas are still there as well as the schools…</p>

<p>Hmm… Mad River and Crested Butte… I wish I were back in the college era…:)</p>

<p>Colorado College is too far from a major ski resort. Colorado School of Mines in Golden is 90 minutes from the Big Ones in Colorado. Keystone- Breck- A. Basin. Add a few more minutes and your at Copper - Vail - Winterpark.</p>

<p>By the time you look at how close Colorado College is to say…Monarch. 90 minutes IF you know how to drive on these roads you can go to school in:</p>

<p>Durango(Ft. Lewis): Purgatory(Durango Mtn) is 30 min., Wolf Creek is an hour, Telluride is 2 hrs and worth the drive.</p>

<p>Grand Junction(Colorado Mesa University): Aspen, Snowmass, & Sunlight are ALL less than 2 hrs.</p>

<p>Gunnison(Western State College): Crested Butte 30min., Monarch 60 min.</p>