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Legit EarthScience colleges near some mountains....?

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flexpattern
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Yo

I shall explain my situation:

I am a first year university student in the UK doing an earth sciences degree, namely geophysics. Now i would like to take either a semester or a whole year out to study at another institution abroad; sometime within the next 4 years.

So my question is can anybody suggest a good uni/college that offers earth sciences and is close to some sort of ski resort/mountain?

My first thought was the US - i am thinking of the obvious being Colorado School of Mines or maybe somewhere elsewhere, Canada for example...

My uni has an exchange program with Penn State so I might try that, but how far is that from the nearest hill?

Whatever happens I'm going to get fucked with the cost of studying abroad so i want it to be worth it!


suggestions and pros/cons of each college ie teaching quality, partying quality, and chick to dick ratio, distance to hill etc. please!

SPARKNOTES

want to continue my study at a good Earth Science college
must be close to mountains to go ski
suggestions?
Jan 22 2010 8:44PM
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Slinger1x1
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colorado school of mines
Jan 22 2010 9:45PM
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FerrisBueller
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Colorado School of Mines
Jan 22 2010 9:46PM
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Slinger1x1
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too soon?
Jan 22 2010 9:53PM
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jimmer
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penn state is in pennsylvania after all. so if you're looking for good skiing, i'd go westward. tussey is the closest "mountain."
Jan 22 2010 10:13PM
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epoxiedtip
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Dude you're sopose to take Earth Science freshman year of high school........ Guess you missed that one
Jan 22 2010 10:18PM
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Melvs
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There are a bunch, do a little more looking around in Colorado, Utah, and Idaho.  Dartmouth in NH has a good program too.
Jan 22 2010 10:21PM
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Static
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Western State in Colorado has a pretty good program, specifically with geology. It's cheap, and very close to skiing. Not very prestigious though, and they might not have exactly what you're looking for.
Jan 22 2010 10:26PM
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