How to Ski in College?

You don't think people actually use student loans for school, do you?

Most college classes are held MW&F or Tuesday&Thursday. If it's possible, try to get all your classes on one section of days. I did mine MWF last year and was able to ski during the day Tuesday&Thursday. As well as MWF nights when I wanted to. If your mountain doesn't have night skiing, maybe try to schedule your classes later in the day(4pm-9pm) so you can ski morning/afternoons.

Work hard during the week. Get as much school work done on days you have class so you can have the other days off. Winter break is pretty nice and you can get a lot of skiing in then too. I got in 70 days last year while taking 18 credits and working Friday-Sunday nights.

MinggMost college classes are held MW&F or Tuesday&Thursday. If it's possible, try to get all your classes on one section of days. I did mine MWF last year and was able to ski during the day Tuesday&Thursday. As well as MWF nights when I wanted to. If your mountain doesn't have night skiing, maybe try to schedule your classes later in the day(4pm-9pm) so you can ski morning/afternoons.

Work hard during the week. Get as much school work done on days you have class so you can have the other days off. Winter break is pretty nice and you can get a lot of skiing in then too. I got in 70 days last year while taking 18 credits and working Friday-Sunday nights.

Did mine Tuesday/Thurday 9 am- 9 pm one year. Was tough but skied A TON. Well worth it im my opinion. Spent a lot of weekends / late nights studying though.

saskskierYou don't think people actually use student loans for school, do you?

I actually have a friend who mentioned "That one ski trip I took with my student loans is costing me a looooot of money"

But to answer your question OP

I have friends who went to school in Colorado their freshman year but that doesn't mean anything if no one has a car / you have no way to get to the hill. Going to a mountain school that costs buckets of money isn't necessarily your best option either- think of all that tuition money you could have spent on skiing anywhere in the world that you wanted to!

My freshman and sophomore years I spent at UMN in Minnesota and managed to ski pretty much every weekend (and even on weekdays :)). The hills were easily accessible, and affordable. I saved so much money (and ski club trips are really cheap), that I was able to take 3 trips out west my freshman year- one winter break, one spring break, and one to hood in may. Same thing my sophomore year except winter break was an extended 2 week long trip. Each year I probably spent less than 1,500 on travel, and saved a TON on tuition.

My parents made a deal with me that if I went to the in-state school they'd help me pay for these trips and it worked out pretty damn well. Granted now I'm taking some classes in Montana and spending my winter not doing school in the Tetons... but its still affordable and moving back to MN to finish school won't be so bad cause I had an awesome deal going.

KravtZDid mine Tuesday/Thurday 9 am- 9 pm one year. Was tough but skied A TON. Well worth it im my opinion. Spent a lot of weekends / late nights studying though.

This is basically what I'm doing next semester. There are certain classes that are 3 hour block classes so only once a week and I'll take those on Wednesday and do the rest of my classes on T/TH to where I'll be able to ski Thursday night until Monday night.

Just don't be stupid and not do your school work over skiing. You have to have your priorities straight and have a proper balance of time for the two.

sellingerThis is basically what I'm doing next semester. There are certain classes that are 3 hour block classes so only once a week and I'll take those on Wednesday and do the rest of my classes on T/TH to where I'll be able to ski Thursday night until Monday night.

Just don't be stupid and not do your school work over skiing. You have to have your priorities straight and have a proper balance of time for the two.

Agreed. Schedule requires a LOT of discipline cause you have so much free time...im not sure most people could handle class from 9am to 9pm. But for those who can and can keep good grades, leaves enormous time for networking (internships, etc) skiing, working out, etc.

KravtZDid mine Tuesday/Thurday 9 am- 9 pm one year. Was tough but skied A TON. Well worth it im my opinion. Spent a lot of weekends / late nights studying though.

True! Also depending on the program you can take an extra class in the fall semesters and 1 less in the spring which gives you a lot of more free time, but also a harder fall sem. Like right now I'm taking 19 credits. But in the spring i'll only need to take 13. and 10 of them are gen eds. So if you can handle the extra work during the offseason go for it!

I go to Montana state university, which is pretty notorious for being a ski school.
I worked my ass off freshman year taking 19 credits in the fall so I could take 14 in the spring in MWF. That let me ski T,TH,SA,SU every week, along with the occasional Monday ski day. The biggest issue I had was getting to the ski hill. I didnt have a car- and the bus only runs to the hill on weekends. I used ride shares and hitchhiking to get to the hill. Make sure you put school first, then ski later.

I go to school in Duluth MN. Our local hill is just a short 20 min drive from campus or 10 from my house. Shredded over 100 days freshman year. It was a shitload of work, but basically the key is to keep on top of your school work so that when the opportunity to shred comes along you don't have to tell your homies to go without you so you can finish that 5 page paper due tomorrow that you haven't started yet.

As far as affording it, get a job. Freshman year I made so many days because I had saved enough in high school to not have to work and supported myself all winter just off of savings. However the following years I have had to work to support the addiction, just grab something where you work 15-20 a week and you should still have time for shredding.

To summarize a little what people above have said, and it's something that I have done.

-Try and take a lot of classes in the fall semester so that you can take a little bit less of a load during the spring semester so that you can shred more.
-Also, if possible, take classes during the summer so you can either: not take a spring semester, or take as little classes as possible, while still getting your school done in a timely manner.
-Make sure you have a job during the summer and fall so that you can save money to ski as much as possible during the winter/spring and not have a job.
-Try and take advantage of free public transportation that might be available to take you from campus to the slopes. Always really nice to save some money on gas if you don't have to.
-Can't stress this enough, but keep on top of your school work and studying so that you have the most available time to ski. You don't want to miss a day of skiing because you have a paper to write that you put off the whole week you've been at school. Do your work early so you can ski more.

Time management is essential

Just come on over to UBC and everything will be fine.

If you're in that area, you can for sure try out some urban skiing!!

saskskierYou don't think people actually use student loans for school, do you?

I sure hope so lol

BrendanBusato11I sure hope so lol

that 3x saga ain't gonna buy itself