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I am from Colorado Springs and went to UCCS for a couple years, but I go to CU Boulder now. It is a great school, I liked it a lot, but it is at least 2 hours from any ski resort, Breckenridge and Keystone being the closest. It is a really nice school, perfectly sized, and in a pretty sweet town. I don't know about the "mild" winters though...the Front Range pretty much has standard cold, snowy, often windy weather...except this year there hasn't been much snow yet.
Hopefully that helps! UCCS is sweet, you'll love it.