Rent prices are generally very high, but you just have to find the gems. I pay $450 now and have friends with shittier places in the same neighborhood who pay almost double.
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Rent prices are generally very high, but you just have to find the gems. I pay $450 now and have friends with shittier places in the same neighborhood who pay almost double.
People bitch about Eldora. And when those who'd probably bitch ask, I like the Larry response: "It's cold, it's windy, and you probably wouldn't like it."
For $119 and free transportation, it is absolutely money. I've rolled up on the 8 am bus (arriving at about 10 minutes til opening) on 12"+ days and scored second or third chair. The terrain isn't fantastic, but it definitely facilitates letting you ski somewhere, and sometimes it can be a shitpot load of fun.
But you didn't hear that from me...
depressed skier, where did/do you go to school? I'd say maybe 1 in 10 or even 1 in 20 of the girls at CU are of the type you describe. (I'd also say that the Cali factor makes about the same ratio truly datable, but that's just my opinion). The other 90% are at least average looking, and most of them are well above.People bitch about Eldora. And when those who'd probably bitch ask, I like the Larry response "It's cold, it's windy, and you probably wouldn't like it."
One more thing: I hate (and I mean HATE) the sickter bro-brah "let's, like, go SHRREEEEEDDDDDD, brah!" vibe I get from Boulder Freeride. The majority of kids don't take school very seriously (which somehow irks me) and seem not to take skiing very seriously either. It's not a skiing club with a drinking problem; it's the other way around. But yes they do have good deals on stuff, and there are some legit skiers amongst the bunch. You just gotta dig beneath the surface to find them.
On a side note, pretty much all the people I hang out with regularly are people I know through skiing, and a lot of them are from the board. Almost all the rest are members of the CUFST (freestyle team), which is the bomb diggety if you're into the competition scene or just improving your skiing at all. I joined this year and made good friends very quickly despite no prior affiliation to any official CU skiing shit. So something like that's a great gig for getting plugged in after your freshman year.
For a $400 team fee, you get up to 4 days a week of coaching for the entire season and lots of pro-forms, and it's pretty much a given that you'll make good friends who are good skiers. Coaches specialize in different shit--park and pipe, techy freeskiing, bumps, etc.--, so it's good for fostering well-rounded skiing (despite a little bit of a park bias). For someone with a relatively low tolerance for the "schralping scene" it's a great fit, and it does wonders for your skiing. And a collegiate circuit for slopestyle, pipe, and skiercross just started up, and the CUFST dominated... :fm:
Rumor has it that one of the coaches, who just got his Level I Guide cert, may end up in AK in a couple years, and who knows what that means for CUFST team members' heli time prices...? ;)
At any rate, it's freakin sweet, and I guess the point is to reiterate that CU is so big that there is a niche for you, and you can find it if you invest a little effort, regardless of your year in school.
Yeah, there are not nearly as many dirty hippies here as the majority of haters would have you believe....
I'm in a similar situation as this UVM or CU discussion. I'm considering UVM or MSU Bozeman. Obviously the skiing would be worlds away in Bozeman, but I'm not sure. I don't know if this deserves a separate thread, but feel free to split if off if it needs to be split. Any advice/experiences/discourse is welcomed. My intended fields would be engineering or meteorology. I'd prob end up doing a physics major, then a masters in engineering, or a physics major, and then into a meteo program.
How good are your grades OverTurn....you might want to look into Colorado School of Mines.
Tons of nerds, but Golden is a cool town and closer to the mountains that Boulder by about 20+ minutes......way closer on a weekday morning when all the jongs are going 50 in both lanes on 93.
good enough for Mines, but I don't think I want to limit my choices by going to a somewhat specialty school like that. I'm not really cemented on those major/career choices, and the impression I've got from all the info I've gotten/looked for on Mines has me thinking I wouldn't have many options if I wanted to change majors.
my only regret is that CU doesn't have enough cock to go around
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Good point.
As far as MSU I don't know much. I have never been there, but have a good buddy who has been there for 5 years. Its mega close to Bridger which is a bonus, but if you are really into live music or much in the way of the arts he says its pretty dead. He also knows a ton of girls who dip....if you like hardcore man-chicks it might be your scene. He visits Boulder ALOT...
CU was fun.. and fuck all the haters that bash on eldora.. best $109 i've spent. free bus ride as well. don't get it as your only pass though.
oh, and if you goto boulder, stay for the summers. the town is 100x better when most of the students leave.
This is simple...I went to school in Burlington (SMC) and absolutely loved it. But I live in Denver now and I can't image how much better it would've been to go to school here. I'd look at the University of Utah too. The skiing is even better and much closer. Worrying about the Mormons is overrated. Salt Lake City is actually a pretty cool town if you know where to go.
One more thing... the sun does not shine for months in Burlington...trust me it's worse than what anybody else has stated thus far. It will rain at least once in January causing the ice. And at some point in the winter it will go 3 WEEKS without breaking ZERO DEGREES. I had a pair of Rossis that shattered like glass it was so cold. Am I a better person for living through it...maybe. I definitely am a better skier for skiing a 100+ days a year at Stowe Sugarbush and jay (aka the schools of hard knocks for skiers) Those 3 are by far the best skiing in the east but it's almost a different sport entirely out here. (Big Bowls, big lines, big air, way bigger parties, and powder snow)...I think that covers it.
I love VERMONT but once you come to Colorado you will not leave.
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MSU is not a bad option too. I was recently in Bozeman for work and I was surprised how fun the bars were and how many hot chicks were out and about. Reminded me a lot of Burlinton actually. Bridger is close and Big Sky is a little over an hour I think. Also Yellowstone Park is about an hour and half away...cool place. Also if the craters blows while your there you'll be one of the first dead in armegedon...which is nice.
They are really into fishing up there too if you're into that...
i'm currently a geography major at uvm and within the major i'm focusing on weather and climate. thus far, the program seems to be pretty good and i really like uvm as a school. while it isn't extremely specific to meteorology, you aren't forced into taking physics/chemistry classes if you don't want to because it is a bachelor of arts. i'm also not too worried about it not being extremely specific as i'm hoping to get my master's in atmospheric science at ubc if all goes to plan. one thing to keep in mind though is that i didn't originally intend to study geography here when i first applied, so the geo program isn't something that influenced my decision to go here.Quote:
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That's funny, I lived in Bozeman for five years and loved it. No problems meeting women if you knew what you were doing. It was an added bonus that they weren't Boulder chicks as well.Quote:
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