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Skiing at College

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StyleWithEase
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Hey yall,

Starting to apply to college and have very little idea about what I want to with my life.  All I know at this point is that I wanna be out west, and I want to skiing.

What are some good colleges with skiing nearby in the Colorado, Montana area?

Thanks!
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Sep 26 2011 11:09AM
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Tasche
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There are a lot of threads on this so be sure to take a look at those. Basically the ski college threads break down into a debate between Colorado and Utah.

I went to Colorado School of Mines in Golden CO and it was the best decision I ever made. Skied a lot and got a great education.

Remember that education is the number one reason you are going to college, look at job markets for different majors. Take the amount of debt you will have and compare it to a projected salary. I know several people who mathematically will never be able to pay off their college debt.

If you want to go to college just to ski and get a shit major don't bother, go get a job at the hill or a restaurant and ski bum it until you are ready to put in the work necessary to get a good degree.
Sep 26 2011 12:23PM
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smallmtskier
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Make sure your parents are loaded, because you wont have time to go to class/do school work, get a job to pay for skiing expanses(pass, gas, food, ect.), and actually go skiing.

However if your parents are going to pay for that stuff it could be easy.
Sep 26 2011 12:28PM
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SkiThe603
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yea alot of this
Sep 26 2011 12:55PM
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Download-My-Apps
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From what I hear, its cheaper for American to come to Canada than go to an out of state school, no idea how true that is. But UBC is awesome.
Sep 26 2011 1:21PM
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eheath
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U of U, Westminster, MSU, CU, Western State... check those out
Sep 26 2011 1:28PM
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Sulli
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obviously you cant ski everyday. but set up a good schedule and you should be fine.
Sep 26 2011 1:36PM
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eheath
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Sorry, but this is a wrong statement. i know kids who support themselves, go full time at school and ski 4-5 days a week. you can do it if you really want to.
Sep 26 2011 1:47PM
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.nasty
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CMC in breck/dillon. sure snow is hit and miss and not crazy steep, but if you want to actually have fun outside of skiing I'd say come here.
Sep 26 2011 1:54PM
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brhisawsome
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I go to Liberty University and can ski all year round at snowflex and then wintergreen during the winter. Its also fairly cheap and Snowflex is free for students
Sep 26 2011 1:55PM
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BootySpunk.
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Don't come to MSU..we have reached NSer capacity..also the skiing here sucks, no girls, and it never snows.
Sep 26 2011 1:57PM
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loganimlach
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yup. it most definitely can be done.
Sep 26 2011 1:59PM
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Che~
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Fort Lewis College in Durango,CO
Its all about your scheduling really, you can be able to ski 4-5 days a week if you really want to
Sep 26 2011 2:39PM
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norgeanders
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yea go to mines if you don't wanna get any pussy guy to girl ratio is like 8:1
Sep 26 2011 4:23PM
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.nasty
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I doubt 90% of the kids on this site could even get into mines...
Sep 26 2011 4:37PM
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AJizzle
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probably more like 99%
Sep 26 2011 4:41PM
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JacheOReally
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I go to Sierra Nevada College in North Shore, Tahoe and I can ski 7 days a week, diamond peak is less than a mile from campus, Northstar is 20 min, Alpine/Squaw 40 minutes. But I mean its not as scholastically reputable as the other schools listed above, but I'll tell it's a good time.
Sep 26 2011 4:41PM
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JacheOReally
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And I support myself as well
Sep 26 2011 4:42PM
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grown-ninja
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regardless of where you go you can get a bunch of skiing in, i went to school outside nyc, not my first choice but went for financial reasons.  I was a double major and ended up one semester having classe 2 days aweek.  I had 3+ 3 hours classes in a row both days with no breaks but you do what you gotta do, and then another semester i had class 3 days a week all in a row which  gaveme a  4 day weekend everyweek...not sure if i recomend it though unless you have youre shit together.  Those were 2 semester of obsolute debotchery.
Sep 26 2011 4:57PM
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BootySpunk.
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It is also one of the best engineering colleges in the country sooo what can ya do.
Sep 26 2011 5:27PM
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monkatizer
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threads
Sep 26 2011 5:41PM
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Tasche
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haha I will agree that there are a lot of weird mother fuckers at Mines but I had no problem with women as CU is 30 mins away and I can formulate a sentence.

College is 4 years and although I probably partied a lot less than a lot of people, I am more than making up for that now by paying off all my student debt in 3 years (didn't take one cent from the parents, not that they offered) and bought a house and boat at 25. Not bragging, well kinda, but all the people I know who went to party schools and gave me shit about Mines are unemployed or underemployed and all my Mines friends are killing it.

College is not about partying, it is about getting an education but more so it is about proving that you can learn. It's crazy that our society thinks its acceptable to spend 4 years and 100k on a degree that has 0 job market. If you don't know what you want to do get a mechanical engineering degree. If you are too lazy for that then don't go to college, take a year or two off and be a ski bum or take a few classes at community college.

Sep 26 2011 5:55PM
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come_at_me_bro
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Steamboat Mountain College. Ive had some friends who have gone here, and they said that its like living the dream. Its fucking steamboat for one, the snow is amazing, and anyone who argues has never skied there, the parties are good, not amazing but good, and the girls are better than most places. Not too expensive, close to some of the other best resorts on the rockies, thats where Im aiming to go when I graduate!
Sep 26 2011 6:01PM
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joshua
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How much does college cost for all you guys? I am going to a college in my town so no residence fee, so I'm paying about $4,700 per year, no debt. I still can't afford my own vehicle though.
Sep 26 2011 6:05PM
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eheath
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I think most people either have their parents or loans paying for school, there may be a couple on here who pay their own tuition but not very many.
Sep 26 2011 6:13PM
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monkatizer
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stop giving away all the secrets!
Sep 26 2011 8:00PM
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Funnel
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Same with oil. Fossil fuels are providing the best jobs as of right now.
Sep 26 2011 8:26PM
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Thrash
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There is also Sierra college in truckee, where I go, and squaw is like 5-10mins, alpine 15-20mins, and sugar bowl 10 mins.
Sep 26 2011 8:37PM
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CraigAK
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I paid for all my tuition, housing, skiing, everything last year at the U of U as a freshmen.  It was a good school, but I was lucky enough to have had a damn good job since 8th grade to be able aford to do all that and still get a business loan to start my own business this summer.  Im not going back to school since ive started my career that is perfect for me since its seasonal so I can ski haha.  But if I was to go back I would definitely go to the U of U again.  Moral of the story, get good at saving money in the summer if thats what you want to do.  Unlike CO schools, utah tuition is a lot more affordable and the mountains are close.  Montana State would be my second choice followed by Western Washington.  I have some friends at Western Washington and it sounds like a good school as well but its an hour from a ski moutain.  At the U of U the mountains are about 30mins away... like 6 different ones, hardest choice youll have if you go there is where to get a pass to.  There is a ski resort about 20 mins from MSU and another about an hour, Montana's out of state tuition is a lot more affordable than Colorado's as well. 

Everyones going to be biased towards their school.  I suggest looking into the schools that have the major you want, or if your undecided go to a big school with lots of options to choose from later. 

Sep 26 2011 8:50PM
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StyleWithEase
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Hey thanks all!

Yeah, I'm going to college for the education, I'd just like to able to ski in my free time.

No my parents are not loaded, but I can support myself.

Adding many of these to my list of possibles.

Thanks again.
Sep 27 2011 12:37AM
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dompuch
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western state in gunnison, fort louis in durango, or any of the colorado mt colleges are good ski schools haha
Sep 27 2011 12:42PM
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Valhalla.
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University of Wyoming.

Dirt cheap (I pay $1700 a semester for 15 credits)

It is a full, four year school, and actually a damn good one at that.

Within a few hours of Summit Co, 3 hours from Park City, Hour and a half to steamboat.

Sep 27 2011 1:10PM
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caliskigirl
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I don't know so much about Colorado and Montana, but I know it's possible to ski a lot in college. I was an animal bio major at UC Davis (about 2 hours from Tahoe) and I skied a lot (ever weekend, some weekdays) but still did well and worked hard at school. I still ski a lot now in vet school too, so it's definitely possible to do well in school and get a lot of days on the mountain. :)
Sep 27 2011 2:22PM
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JHendrix
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You will not have much time for skiing. I remember when my parents told me that and I was like whatever i'll fricking make time.  Well....they were right you can't really ski that much, with all the HW and studying.  Even on weekends its hard because your still going to be studying and doing HW for Monday's classes. 
Sep 27 2011 2:26PM
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RICK_ROSS
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fort lewis. i love it here, but im not really one to talk seeing as how im moving to u of u. its worth looking in to.
Sep 27 2011 2:26PM
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Chilly.
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I go to University of Denver and I am like 2 hours away from 5 mountains. It is definitely not cheap to go here but I am getting financial aid and if you buy yourself an epic local pass you will definitely get your moneys worth. I am shooting for 50 days on snow this year!!!
Sep 27 2011 2:30PM
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eheath
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You actually consider driving 3 hrs to summit county as a good option? or 3 hrs to park city?
Sep 27 2011 2:34PM
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Piste.Off
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by airplane???
Sep 27 2011 2:41PM
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steeze-free_lee
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that was the case for me. coming from California, the total cost (tuition, housing/food, books, etc.) at UBC is only about $2k more than I would have paid to go to a UC. and yes it is awesome.

Also, what state are you coming from? I'd say to maybe take a look at some UCs, Davis in particular, but if you're not from California you're going to get raped with out of state tuition. Same is the case for public universities in Colorado, out of state at the publics in Montana isn't too bad though.

Sep 27 2011 2:41PM
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