A life descion, i need insight

i ment last year of highschool

you came to NS for serious insight on major life decisions?

pee in her butt.

If you want a real good education, don't count out the east completely cause there are soooo many really good schools. Still, east skiing is still east skiing

Well I'll give you my insight....


I'm from Oregon, went to school in Colorado and after college moved to Utah so I think I can cover your three choices.


In no particular order

1. Oregon - absolutely the more rad place you could live. It offers so much for the outdoor enthusiast. The Columbia River goerge is absolutely amazing, Mt. Hood is a stones throw away and you can alway retreat to the Oregon coast. We call it a coast because it isn't as fancy as the California beaches. You'll definitely have to buy a wetsuit, unless we get another El Nino year, shit was sick!. I think of Portland as the heart of Oregon and it offers some fantastic private colleges. The state education system is very solid but you may notice the cost of living in Portland is somewhat expensive. Passes to your local ski resorts are respectable but if you've skied Colorado or Utah, you're not getting as much skiing for your buck. One of the greatest things is you accessability to other mountains. You're only 3 hours away from Seattle and only 7 hours away from Whislter.

2. Colorado - I was in Boulder for 4 years and Sports Illustrated said "Boulder could be the closest thing a college town could be to heaven" and rightfully so. Colorado is just non stop skiing. Depending on where you wanna live, cost of living is gonna fluctuate. I would suggest somewhere like Boulder, but it can get pretty expensive. But if you do, Eldora, is a small backyard hill that you can ski at for only 99  bucks a season. It may be small but if you're okay with skiing for a couple of hours in the early morning or afternoon, it's perfect. The worst thing about skiing in Colorado is driving I-70. Its a great scenic highway but its the main artery to all the ski resorts. You'll find yourself frustrated driving home after skiing on Saturdays or Sundays in gridlock traffic. I ended up cutting my days short at around 130 just to beat the traffic

3. Utah - arguably one of the most gay stay states in the Union but most conservative as well. I've been here for just over a year now and I'm finally starting to get used to it. The summers are really hot and the winters are epic. Last winter couldn't have been any better and we expect another amazing year. My biggest adjustment has been the social scene. There is a very defined line between those who "go out" and those "who don't" The more ski town you live in, the less defined this line is and generally speaking, the farther south you live, the more conservative. I would only live in the Cottonwoods, Sandy, Park City or SLC. Cost of living is very affordable and pass prices to ski resorts may be expensive, but you have so much access. The state has a great following of outdoor enthusiasts and you will have no problem finding a good crew of skiers to stick with.

If your looking for powder, I would go to western washington university in washington.  You have great access to mt baker in like under an hour, have hella discounts and can catch a bus for pretty much free I believe.  Plus your also in close ish range of whistler/blackhomb stevens pass, snoqualmie, alpental, crystal etc.  Plus western is a sick college with the best layout I have ever seen. your also in puget sound, the little ocean.

Thank you.

haha, im a dumbass.  I said western washington university in washington. lol

Portland is NOT 7 hours away from Whistler. It's like 6 hours to Portland from Bellingham,  7 if you hit I-5 rush hour. And then it's at least 3 to Whistler from Bellingham.

But Portland is indeed a really sweet city. I think I might go there for college.


And Western would be a good choice too. Bellingham is really fun.

... DUMB

this person is probably have real problem and all you can say is pee in her butt?
jerk

why so serious?

+++++++karma

This is 100% spot on. I've been living in Oregon for about 7 years and he couldn't have described it better. The only adjustments are the "3 hours away from Seattle", and the Whistler one. It's actually about six to seven hours to Seattle, and you might as well forget about driving to Whistler. Other then that, he couldn't have been more right.

never can go wrong with that

i duno if you were looking at canada but selkirk college in nelson BC about 20 minutes from whitewater has a good SROAM (ski resorts operations and management) degree

check out middlebury unreal college and it has its own ski mountain
also UVM too

I go to University of Washington, and i ski every single weekend. Its pretty awesome. Students can buy a 400 dollar season pass to whistler which is only a few hours away. The mountains nearby aren't huge, but they're okay. (alpental, Summit@snoqualmie) Stevens and White pass are a bit farther, but they're much better. UW is arguably the best public school in the northwest, and it offers just about everything you could want. The only thing i don't like about it is that it's in Seattle, which is very urban, but when the sun comes out, its hard to beat.

I haven't spent too much time in Oregon, but every time i've been there, i've loved it.

If you're interested in California at all, UC Davis is near some of the best california skiing.

You met Steve yet (SkierX)? He's just starting the resort mgmt program there.




Anyway, I was actually about to say don't count out VT. There's a lot of good schooling to be done in VT. UVM, Champlain College, Middlebury, Green Mountain College (tied to Killington pretty tightly), Lyndon State also has a good resort mgmt program that a couple of my friends are in right now.

there is a college in colorado thats got really good hotel managment and cooking, ill try to remeber the name

My exact thoughts before opening the thread.

theres a good ski resort operations at gerogain college in ontario
only 20 miniutes from horshoe valley