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Skiing at UConn

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Ben_Mo-Fat
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UConn is one of the 4 schools i got into, went on the tour and loved it. Can someone tell me where people ski there? and how they get there? like should i find a buddy with a car or does the ski club have local trips up every weekend?
Mar 30 2013 12:34PM
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attitash46
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Word! I go to UConn and i'm also a tour guide! What was your tour guides name if you remember?

But yeah so the closest real mountain is mount snow. It's like and hour and a half to two hours away depending on traffic and how fast you dirve. Besides that, theres a few smaller mountains like Butternut and ski sundown about an hour away.

The ski club does a handful of bus trips that are about $100 including ticket, bus and like $10 for food. They also run a winter break trip every year out west for like $850 which includes air fare and like a week of tickets.

The best way to ski on campus is to buy the Higher Education pass which has mount snow on it and is only like $300. From there, you can hitch rides with a lot of people to mount snow. Just go to a ski club meeting and ask around, people are always looking to split gas.

A fews random bits of advice, bring your skis with you at the begining of the year, some people will laugh at you but mount snow usually has something open in October and you dont want to miss that. Also using a ski boot as a doorstop is a great way for people and girls to start talking to you. Everyone "skis" at least a a little bit.

And join the Outing Club, were the best club on campus and im the president.

PM or post if you have any questions about anything UConn, again i'm a tour guide so i know all the facts and figures you would want.
Mar 30 2013 12:59PM
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Ben_Mo-Fat
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Thanks, that was really really helpful.
Mar 30 2013 2:30PM
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aloha.
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Holy shit, I was just there with my school taking a tour, but I don't remember my tour guide's name. Ever skied any of their rails at the school? I remember that there were some absurd ones, some with paint scratched off.
Mar 30 2013 5:29PM
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.frenchy
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Get a season pass to Ski Sundown, we're still open and no closing date yet!!!!

The best vibe ever there, everyone is so nice, both parks are fun as hell too!
Mar 30 2013 6:33PM
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Ben_Mo-Fat
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Naysia or something like that, she was a nice sophomore who was short and had a nose ring i think.

Thanks for all the feed back, really helpful for making my decision. I'm between: CU Boulder, UConn, UVM, and Penn State.
Mar 30 2013 9:41PM
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CheddarJack
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Funny, those plus UMaine were my list. I chose UVM though.
Mar 30 2013 9:45PM
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shitpoop
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Yeah a lot of skiers up their hit urban. Check the Uconn ski and sport page....theres a bunch of requests about urban and stuff.
Mar 30 2013 10:07PM
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attitash46
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Nayja! I did all my training with her!
Mar 30 2013 11:05PM
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