<p>This is based on the assumption that there's a lot of snow at Cornell, and it lasts a very long time. I keep hearing that on CC, please correct me if I'm wrong. </p>
<p>What activities can you plan or just do outside at Cornell besides, you know, freeze.</p>
<p>You must have been raised in a warm climate. </p>
<p>Cornell doesn’t get that much snow. It’s a normal December - March winter - usually about 60 some inches. A lot of places in the U.S. get well over 100 or 150 inches. </p>
<p>That said, when there is snow, you can go for a hike, downhill ski, cross country ski, snowshoe, play snow football, ice skate, play hockey, go sledding, have a snowball fight, build a snow sculpture (okay, I’ve never done this)… The few times Cornell shuts down for snow, everybody steals trays and sleds down the streets. </p>
<p>Once you start moving around it’s not cold - usually start sweating. </p>
<p>When there’s no snow, there’s gorgeous waterfalls and gorges to swim in and trails to hike, wineries to tour (when you’re old enough), street festivals… quite a nice and unique area. Enjoy it and remember that places ranked with the highest quality of life in the world are often in winter climates (just look at Skandinavia).</p>
<p>one of the best nights i had at cornell was during study week last semester. it was around 10:30/11 pm and it was snowing like crazy. my friends and i went to the slope and sledded all the way down sitting one behind the other. SO MUCH FUN! but when it isnt cold…this weekend it was over 60 and sunny and gorgeousssss. everyone was outside running…soooo nice. you definitely appreciate sunny days a lot more. but thats also not saying that we never ever get sun. the one thing i would like to comment on is applejack’s suggestion to swim in the gorges. please dont. its illegal and students have gotten killed from swimming in them. they are nice to look at but really dangerous.</p>
<p>There is surprisingly little snowfall at Cornell. Occasionally we get maybe 8 inches in one night if a storm comes, but otherwise on any given winter day you might see maybe two to three inches of snow on the ground if it hasn’t melted already. On snowy days my friends and I go sledding on the slope and have snowball fights. Some guys this year made a giant snow ***** on the engineering quad. I would not, however, advise going outside to play when it’s below zero. </p>
<p>By mid-march the weather starts to become nice. It is sunny and 42 degrees outside right now, and I saw some people throwing around a Frisbee. </p>
<p>I would also agree with CUAmbassador’s comment on gorge jumping. I don’t think it’s worth the risk, though it is still a very popular activity at Cornell.</p>
<p>You can look at the snow when it’s snowing near the Department of Redundancy Department at the University of Cornell University.</p>
<p>Sorry, had to.</p>
<p>^^
lol</p>
<p>I should clarify - and perhaps you’ll still say people shouldn’t do it - but there are certain swimming holes under big waterfalls where people swim and sunbathe (some of them are sanctioned and have lifeguards and such). </p>
<p>That’s what I meant by swimming in the gorges. I didn’t mean in the rushing white water and such.</p>
<p>^but even that. my friend drowned in one of those swimming holes last summer. i just dont want anyone else to have to go through that.</p>