<p>My friends' S is an avid snowboarder, but would like to go to college where its not so cold, i.e., south of the Mason Dixon line for the east coast.</p>
<p>Can you think of any schools, regardless of size or academics, that fit the "warm" criterion AND are within 1 or 2 hours of decent snowboarding?</p>
<p>Really only the California schools would fit that criteria.</p>
<p>Schools in both Northern and Southern California. Can't think of anywhere else in the country that would meet the warm weather/close to snow criteria.</p>
<p>When we visited Pomona, the Tour Guide mentioned the Ski and Sea
Day -- skiing during the day and then at night a bonfire on the beach.
Sounded great to me!</p>
<p>Ditto to California. You can be anywhere in the state -- beach, desert, even in the snow itself -- and always have access to snow. It may be a long drive in some cases (most people opt for Mammoth, even though it's one place and often takes about 7 hours to drive to <em>pokes own high school, which is in the mountains with its own ski range</em>), but if you plan it right, most schools are no more than 4 hours away from good skiing/snowboarding.</p>
<p>I can't vouch for how good the resorts are, but there are mountains in Eastern North Carolina.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.skinorthcarolina.com/default.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.skinorthcarolina.com/default.asp</a></p>
<p>Definitely California.</p>
<p>how about U Wash in Seattle? How close are the slopes?</p>
<p>What about UVa? Or any of the VA schools that's aren't too far east, like W & L? You've got Wintergreen close, and Homestead isn't too far away. I don't know the quality of WV snowboarding though.</p>
<p>North Carolina also a good bet; good call, Greenshirt. Appalachian State and UNC-Asheville were known as ski-bum schools when I was a younger lass.</p>
<p>UC Davis and CSU Sacramento would fit the bill.</p>
<p>Princeton Review rated UC: Santa Barbara number one for "Surf and Ski." I know it's gorgeous and warm there.</p>
<p>The Claremont Colleges in California would fit the bill: Pomona, Pitzer, Harvey Mudd, Claremont McKenna and Scripps. Also, Occidental and University of Redlands (Redlands is probably the closest school to the So-Cal slopes, about 40 minutes from Big Bear). You can get to the No. Calif. slopes easily from U of Nevada-Reno. You can head out to the northern arizona ski slopes from Arizona State U and they're just a little farther from U of Arizona. While it's rainy, it's not uber-cold in the pacific northwest, and schools like Lewis & Clark, Reed, and Whitman offer good access to the slopes as well. But, perhaps the ultimate school of choice for any hard core snow-boarder is the University of Denver or one of the other Colorado schools.</p>
<p>Did anyone mention any school in California? If you want extremely dangerous snow boarding, University of Hawaii at Hilo, you can snowboard on Mauna Kea but when the snow stops sharp gritty Lava rocks are waiting for you.</p>
<p>UColorado at Boulder isn't tropical but it is great living and the Rockies are wonderful, same can be said for Utah and it's mountains. The sunny western winters are a lot more tolerable than the grey northeast.</p>
<p>And the envelope! University California Davis is about two hours from some of the best snow in the world, but a challenge for out of state residents to be admitted.</p>
<p>Virginia and Maryland schools - all are close to myriad ski and snowboard resorts in Pa., W. Va., Va. and Md. including Ski Liberty, Whitetail, Wintergreen, Deep Creek</p>
<p>University of the Pacific is in Stockton Ca and is within two hours of decent snowboarding. It was about 75 degrees in Sacramento today and it was snowing on the mountains this week.</p>
<p>University of Washington is close to lots of snowboarding places. The weather really isn't as bad as people say. The campus is beautiful with the mountains in the background:)</p>
<p>JMU is with 15 minutes of a winter resort....</p>
<p>Anyone out there with UNC Chapel Hill ski/snowboarding club/team experience? How far from campus is their "home" slope?</p>
<p>FYI....found a great link regarding competitive college skiing & snowboarding:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.uscsa.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.uscsa.com</a></p>
<p>Go UOP! :)</p>
<p>JMU or Colorado.</p>