Sierra Nevada and SLC. The college should have priority over snowboarding though. Unless you're just getting a quick associates then I would pick the college and then see where the resorts are.
There's always the University of Minnesota, Duluth. It's just a couple minutes from Spirit Mountain. It's not a huge resort, but it has a mile long run and one of the best terrain parks in the midwest.
Mn does sound stupid for a snowboard destination(Its not the rockys duh).
But, for a college student who wants to ride a lot affordably, Duluth is hard to beat. You could ride spirit every day for CHEAP! college passes are $110 with no limits.
There is also both Mont du lac (which has a great park) and chester bowl right in town. And tons of urban shit if your into that. Plus Lutsen is only an hour and a half drive, and Mt.bohemia is 4.
Besides Umd you have st.scholasitca, university wisconsin superior, and lake superior college. All of which are pretty good schools.
Otherwise Montana state would be good, you might want to look at Michigan tech too.
I go to Boise State University and I'm 30 minutes from the nearest resort that's actually pretty fun. 2 hours from Sun Valley, Brundage, and Tamarack Resorts, 5-6 hours from Jackson Hole, Grand Targhee, and Park City, the list goes on.
There's University of Utah in SLC.
Portland State University is pretty close to Mt. Hood.
Western Washington is near Mt. Baker.
There are OSU and UO Satellite Campuses in Bend, OR near Mt. Bachelor.
University Nevada - Reno is near Tahoe.
There's a lot of options out there. In addition to the above, there's UC Merced and Fresno State near China Peak and Badger Pass (also probaby 4/5 hours from Tahoe). Utah State also in SLC. Northern Arizona in Flagstaff right next to Arizona Sun Bowl. Cerro Coso Community College in Mammoth Lakes (5 min bus ride to lifts).
There's a ton of options. I'd say find what you want to study and I'm sure there's probably a school near a resort. Some of these schools also have snow study majors, if you're into weather, snow, avalanche studies.
Dont waste your time in Flagstaff at SnowBowl, I live 2 hours from it and still choose to drive an extra hour and half to go to our other mountain...their park is decent tho
UVM is in a cool town with some great riding less than 2 hours away. An hour away you have Stowe, Smuggs and Bush. Bolton Valley even closer. Hour and a half to Jay. Hour and a half across the lake to Whiteface.
If you are smart and rich you could go to Middlebury and you then have your own Mountain with the Snow Bowl.. Bush an hour away and Stowe and hour and a half.
has anyone ever used the college travel agencies like echotours.com, collegeskipackages.com, or lifestylez.com? I'm trying to get me and a few friends out west from the east coast and I am trying to find the cheapest option. Please let me know guys!
Boulder is super nice but $$$$$ , 4 epic resorts within 30 minutes of any school around the Salt lake City metro area.......seems like a no brainer to me.
How is the University of Utah not the number one recommendation?
You're ~30 minutes from over 10 resorts, an average of 500 inches of snow per year and amazing backcounty as well as a city which gets around 90 inches of snow per year.
Colorado Mountain college is close to plenty resorts (but it doesn't offer many majors). CSU is about a 2 hour drive (but its worth it). There is also CU, and University of Denver. Although might be moving to Montana next year for MSU which I hear is also close to a resort.
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