Skiing around colleges

you are member 150,000..Just thought id let ya know.

thats a lot of members just saying...

best park ski area near providence is nashoba but otherwise head up north...Look into the 4NH college pass(waterville valley, cannon, bretton woods, and cranmore) or mounts snows college pass. Those are wicked good deals

of course you would.

UCONN WILL BE GOING OFF THIS WINTER.

MWAHAHAHAHAHA

simply false mil

well instead of going to any of those schools just go to UMass and you'll be an hour from Mount Snow with a $230 college pass, hour and a half from Strat which you can get the Strat/Okemo pass....and a much crazier urban offering than any of the other schools (southwest has some sick stair sets). If you decide on a NH school get the Sunday River/Loon/Sugarloaf pass for $320 or the afermentioned 5 Mountain Pass.

ppl shouldnt b telling you the pass deals, they should b telling you colleges.

I went to Holy Cross in Worcester, and I skied a shitload. Sometimes as much as 7 days a week. Wachusett is 25 minutes from Worcester, so it's an easy daily commute. Mt Snow is 1:45-2:00 from Worcester depending on how fast you drive. So I'd just like to recommend any of the schools in Worcester (Holy Cross, Assumption, WPI, Worcester State, etc.) because Worcester is realatively close to good skiing and is a fun college town. PSU is a really good choice. Obviously so is UVM or any other school in Burlington. UNH is not bad either, but not as good as PSU. Overall, I'd say that if you choose a school in Worcester, NH, VT, or ME, skiing on a daily basis won't be difficult.

If you pick a school in CT,RI, Boston, or Western Mass, you will definitely still be able to ski, but it would be much more difficult to do it on a daily basis.

Do you know where Amherst is in relation to Mount Snow? A quick 45-1hr ride up 91 to Rt. 9 VT....UMass, Amherst College, and for all you hippies, Hampshire College, is right there within 10 minutes of eachother. I went to UMass and I went skiing for 2 months straight and didn't attend 90% of my classes (and still graduated with a 3.3) becasue that's how close we were.

Besides, Wachusett is a mole hill compared to Mount Snow or Stratton, the only cool selling point to Wachusett is night skiing. Just my opinion so don't get your panties in a bunch.

Truth, MSnow is really close to Amherst, but an hour drive is still an hour drive. It's no big deal on the weekends, but for the weekdays, it might make daily shredding a bit more difficult.

The name of the game is Dedication and the Persuit for Sick Shred.

Granted the drive does suck...and it's hella boring unless there's been a snow storm the night before and then you get the pleasure of not burrying yourself in a snowbank of Rt.9 but other than that it's definitely worth the drive I'd say. Something a little closer would have been nice but I spent much of my winters out of the classroom and on the hill.

burlington vt has the best ski scene out of any college town on the east coast hands down.  uvm is at the epicenter, but there is still a really strong presence at st. mikes and champlain college.  the three schools all have different vibes, so you shouldn't have a problem finding one that suits your needs.

st. mikes - strong liberal arts school. catholic affiliation and location (winooski - 10 mins from downtown burlington) tend to give it a more toned-down atmosphere.  they get a free pass to smuggs and host arguably the best on-campus rail jam each year.

champlain college - more of a hands-on focus, strong programs in business and the arts- great way to get prepared for the working world.  admission standards are a little more lax than uvm/ st.mikes but it's still competitive.  they always seem to be adding new facilities on their campus which is nice,  and they have a pretty strong population of die-hard shred dogs.

uvm - the biggest school in the area with the broadest range of academic offerings.  between movie premieres, concerts, parties, hockey games, speakers (Barack Obama came through in '08 what?), protests, and general debauchery, there's always something cool to do.  the ski club has tons of connections and will be able to provide discounts on everything from season passes to new setups.

truth. i really missed out on the shred scene by ignoring my invite to go to UVM to play college lax and be in the middle of the sickest college ski area on the east coast bar PSC. UVM also has a taste of everything as far as parties and events go so you'll never be bored.

how do i get that 230$ higher education pass?

1) Find one of the UMass reps, or hit up someone on the Ski and Board Club because chances are they are reppin hard for it.

2) Were you refering to me when you said "pat is right"? I'm confused as to how you'd know my name haha.

$299 before taxes now. damn i thought there was a better way

$299 aint bad though