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Obama_care
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Wondering what your guys opinions are on the best colleges to go to where you can just shred a absolute beauty of a park. I’ve seen many threads on colleges just none about someone just looking to ski the park
Jan 4 2021 10:03PM
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WyattLoney
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Obama_careWondering what your guys opinions are on the best colleges to go to where you can just shred a absolute beauty of a park. I’ve seen many threads on colleges just none about someone just looking to ski the park


As a Montanan,I’d suggest if you’re looking in this state, go to Montana State University in Bozeman. You can ski both Big Sky and Bridger Bowl. Big sky parks are pristine
Jan 4 2021 10:12PM
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Dr_Richard_Hertz
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Jan 4 2021 10:16PM
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OregonDead
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community college. they are all over and near to park skiing
Jan 4 2021 10:30PM
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JaquinGuzman
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This times 100000. I was at CU a while back and finding homies who would rather be skiing than parting was a lil tough at times.
Jan 5 2021 10:44AM
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teamdummy
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Admittedly, I know very little about CU Boulder or Denver in general. But as far a skiing goes, the draw escapes me? It’s not really that close to be able to ski a lot. And the drive west out of the city seems horrible when the weather or traffic is bad? Am I wrong? Is it better to ski two (maybe) days a week at Breck or Keystone? Or 5 or six days a week at a “lesser” area? I don’t know the answer.
Jan 5 2021 11:21AM
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Bdoobz
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This same thread pops up at least once per week
Jan 5 2021 11:36AM
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c-fries
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My sister went to CU. 4 years at Boulder, didn’t ski a single time. Not once. Not only that, but none of her friends guy or girl skied at all there.

they went to aspen all the time. But only when kappa sickma was having a formal. Seems a lot of people go to Boulder just for the Instagram clout tbh.
Jan 5 2021 11:50AM
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cobra_commander
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Ah yes, choosing where you're going to spend tens of thousands of dollars a year on an education which can fundamentally define your life based on the presence of a terrain park.

Just go work at a mountain with a great park for a year or two and then go to College when you're ready to go to college, and maximize the college aspect of it. Its ok being the old guy on campus by a couple years.
Jan 5 2021 12:43PM
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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I’m always surprised Sierra Nevada university isn’t on these lists. Literally on Lake Tahoe 5 minutes from diamond peak, 15 minutes from Mt Rose, 25 from Northstar, 45 from heavenly, 45 from boreal, 45 from Squaw, etc. etc. It’s pretty hard to get a location that close to so many ski resorts. It’s a smaller school for sure though and can be expensive (though they give out a lot of scholarships) but the access to skiing is just unreal. It wasn’t real life living up there lol
Jan 5 2021 12:48PM
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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I forgot to mention about parks. Diamond peak, literally in town, has an awesome park (@villageterrainpark on insta), Northstar has an awesome park, and Squaw has a great springtime park
BradFiAusNzCoCaI’m always surprised Sierra Nevada university isn’t on these lists. Literally on Lake Tahoe 5 minutes from diamond peak, 15 minutes from Mt Rose, 25 from Northstar, 45 from heavenly, 45 from boreal, 45 from Squaw, etc. etc. It’s pretty hard to get a location that close to so many ski resorts. It’s a smaller school for sure though and can be expensive (though they give out a lot of scholarships) but the access to skiing is just unreal. It wasn’t real life living up there lol
Jan 5 2021 12:50PM
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BrandoComando
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Community college. There's one in almost every ski town in the country. If your biggest priority is the park, you probably shouldn't be paying for a big university anyway as most of your time will be spent on the hill.

Pick a resort with a park and google "community college near "
Jan 5 2021 12:54PM
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Jems
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WyattLoneyAs a Montanan,I’d suggest if you’re looking in this state, go to Montana State University in Bozeman. You can ski both Big Sky and Bridger Bowl. Big sky parks are pristine


+ pre season pvc seshes
Jan 5 2021 12:56PM
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GreezyBastard
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Lol only absolute tool bags go to CU Boulder. Just don’t go to college if you’re basing your school search decision on how often you can go ski. you won’t get any work done
Jan 5 2021 12:59PM
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ericforman
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Eldora has a pretty dope park and is like 40minutes from CU and def has a really good vibe. Parking is free, it is always empty on weekdays, pass is cheap, they get the park set up super early in the season...if I went to CU I would have been up there as often as possible. But else yea I have no advice cause I like skiing bumps more than park :/
Jan 5 2021 6:56PM
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Idahoe
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if you can deal with a solid 30% of the people you meet being mormon, u of u is a decent choice, or any of the other colleges in slc. Its close to park city and brighton, and you will easily meet a lot of people that are way better than you.
Jan 5 2021 9:32PM
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chief1031
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UMass Amherst, a good school and 1hr from mt snow

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Jan 6 2021 12:24AM
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MastePoleWhacker
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University of Utah
Jan 6 2021 9:25AM
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Obama_care
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Thank you all
Jan 7 2021 8:43PM
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Cade2
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If you want to ski then don't go to college
Jan 7 2021 8:47PM
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carson6645
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Western Washington University or the local community college. Close to Baker that I know of. Super chill people in Bham.
Jan 7 2021 9:20PM
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katrina
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I went to CU and skied a ton, and this was before eldora didn't suck so hard.

Honestly though you should cross reference there best school / program you can get in to and skiing, you can always go focus on skiing after.
Jan 8 2021 11:25AM
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BrandoComando
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katrinaI went to CU and skied a ton, and this was before eldora didn't suck so hard.

Honestly though you should cross reference there best school / program you can get in to and skiing, you can always go focus on skiing after.


Solid point. There are good mountains everywhere. Sure, some hills are bigger than others. But if school is your main priority, pick the best program you can get into and find a mountain nearby. Unless that school is in Florida, chances are you can shred in under a 2-3 hour drive.

Stanford is 3 hours from Tahoe, UCLA is 1.5 hours from Baldy, Ivy leagues are close to tons of east coast hills, etc. The mountain universities like Utah, CU, MSU, Boise, Nevada, and more are all even closer to skiing (and easier to get into). There's skiing up and down the midwest, throughout the Appalachians, and in every state in the west.
Jan 8 2021 11:54AM
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Diudiubus
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Not sure anyone mentioned this before or not. Not related to park, but what about powder for school?
You can actually heliskiing!!! if you study snow science.
Boise State has the program doing field work via heli digging snow pits.

Or in Canada, university of saskatchewan has the lab in Canmore(outside of Banff) to study snow hydrology.
Jan 8 2021 12:25PM
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isaacwrong
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i wouldn't recommend going to school purely based on the park scene, strictly looking at east coast my opinions are:

castleton -> killington
plymouth-> loon
keene/umass->mt snow
got all the burlington schools to hit bush
shameless alma mater promotion farmington->loaf/SR/Saddleback
Jan 8 2021 2:16PM
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Cade2
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carson6645Western Washington University or the local community college. Close to Baker that I know of. Super chill people in Bham.

Stay away from western, it only rains at baker
Jan 8 2021 2:41PM
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ScootSkiLyfe
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MSU, University of Utah, Westminster, Portland State, Lewis & Clark, CU Boulder = "Big mountain skiing"

If you want to get really good at park look at places in the Midwest. The University of Minnesota, St. Olaf, Carleton, St. Thomas, McCalister are all 30 min away from multiple hills all with good parks. Good schools though.

Also check out Quest university in Canada.
Jan 8 2021 5:35PM
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Jems
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ScootSkiLyfeMSU, University of Utah, Westminster, Portland State, Lewis & Clark, CU Boulder = "Big mountain skiing"

If you want to get really good at park look at places in the Midwest. The University of Minnesota, St. Olaf, Carleton, St. Thomas, McCalister are all 30 min away from multiple hills all with good parks. Good schools though.

Also check out Quest university in Canada.


UMN is way too competitive, St thomas is more expensive than CU and st olaf is pure depression. UMD has spirit right off campus and is easy to get into.
Jan 8 2021 6:34PM
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ScootSkiLyfe
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JemsUMN is way too competitive, St thomas is more expensive than CU and st olaf is pure depression. UMD has spirit right off campus and is easy to get into.


Yea forgot about UMD. Good school as well.


Not sure what you mean by St. Olaf being depressing, I have a couple friends that go there that really like it. Good liberal arts school. Almost went there if I didn’t move to OR.


uofM twin cities has much better programs than UMD but is much harder to get into yes.


I personally would not go to St. Thomas but know some people that went on athletic scholarships
Jan 12 2021 6:03PM
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