Best College for climbing
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Second Western State College!! The post above covers it all. Great ice in winter, tons of trad, and only a few hours to Moab to escape the long cold winter. If you want to be an all around climber good luck finding a better spot than Gunnison. |
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How about giving Chico State in California a little love, check these classes out! |
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What about the Colorado School of Mines? Better academics than CU with similar climbing access make it a no brainer dude. Plus when you graduate you can actually get a good job, even in these tough times. If you're going to waste the time and money it takes to get a degree then get something worth while....and be close to the mountains. |
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Well, look: School runs fall-spring for most folks. Going to school at say U-Wyoming, with Vedauwoo just down the road doesn't do you much good when the climbable season is summer and you've gone back home. somedude wrote:if you're looking for the best climbing town in America - it's BoulderU.R.RONG. If you're looking for a lot of people with excessively high opinions of themselves, and more than your allotment of trustafarians, sure the People's Republic of Boulder is grand. But Eldo, the Flatirons, and BCanyon do not make up "the best climbing town" by any stretch of the imagination. It's not even the best climbing town in colorado, I'd pick Junction over boulder everytime if rock climbing is the criteria. |
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mattnorville wrote:CSU unless your a trustifarianCSU unless you got into CU. |
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I love it that I belong to a community where many are collage educated and are passionate about their alma maters. I think there are as many quality schools as there are crags in this country. The hardest part I suppose would be picking just one.... |
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So I want to plug a lesser known school... |
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Ian G. wrote:UTEP (El Paso) -> Hueco Tanks Baybee!!On the Hueco note NMSU in Las Cruces is only a little over an hour from Hueco and there is some great climbing right outside of Cruces in the Organ Mountains, the Dona Ana Mountains, some sport climbing at the Rough and Readies, bouldering at Pena Blanca, and as an added bonus there is really hard sport climbing an hour and a half from Cruces at The Tunnel. NMSU is a good school as well, I recieved a decent education from there. Good luck. |
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pat mcgaugh wrote:What about the Colorado School of Mines? Better academics than CU with similar climbing access make it a no brainer dude. Plus when you graduate you can actually get a good job, even in these tough times. If you're going to waste the time and money it takes to get a degree then get something worth while....and be close to the mountains.+1 for CSM Golden rules and you will get a good job. The obvious drawback to CSM is the guy to gal ratio but that is what CU/CSU/DU/Metro are for. +1 for Western State if you are not super concerned with academics. |
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ler wrote:MSU Bozeman, Montana. climbing gym, tons of ice, some of the best ski areas in the US, some good rock, best alpine climbs 3 hours away, the list goes on. Central Oregon community College/ OSU Cascades campus, Bend, Oregon an REI to work at, Smith rocks, a good gym, super good bouldering, skiing, one of the best mt biking trail networks in the us and a good place to start mountaineering.Depending on what you study, MSU can actually be a great school (Think engineering, ag, or architecture). The climbing around here, while not world class, will make you strong and potentially fearless (just ask Kelly Cordes). And it's hard to argue with a ski area as awesome as Bridger Bowl 15 minutes from town. |
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CSU bro.....Awesome town pretty good school. Really it all depends on the climbing you want to do. There's a school in durango that would be cool close the creek and tones of local craigin. Good luck study up in high school though. Just make sure when you graduate you dirtbag it for a year or so before you get a job....Best decision I ever made cause working SUCKS. |
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Mesa State in Grand junction is a good choice. Every type of climbing close. If I started to list the climbing within 5 hours it would take up 2 more pages in this thread. Check it out. |
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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. No question. Sunset Park and T-Wall are 20 minutes away from campus, Little Rock City is 30 minutes. Foster Falls is about 40 minutes. |
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willeslinger wrote:Find me a better outdoor college.Uh, ok. Every college in CA, AZ, UT, CO, OR, WA. Don't get me wrong, I grew up in the SE and started climbing in the TAG region. The rock is fantastic, and TWall is one of the best, most stacked crags in the country IMO. But again, the weather. During the school year it's raining, cold, or stupidly humid. Ignorant rednecks abound. The longest free routes in the entire region are Grade III. And you actually have to live in the 'Noog, which no offense, is a shithole decaying rustbelt kinda town. I'm a GaTech alum, and wouldn't wish the SE on any college kid who wants to climb rock. |
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Move to CO asap, get residency, then go to the Front Range Community College system (campuses in Longmont, Westminster, Greeley, Ft. Collins?), or even Redrocks College in Denver. The money you save on tuition over a 4 year school will be enough to finance magical climbing adventures all over the world, and barring a few professions, and depending on your own personal motivation, you will come out with just as good an education and job prospects. Live the dream when you're young, don't be one of these people who heads straight to school and work so they can "someday" do the things they want, it never works out the way people plan it. |
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What are you interested in studying? My suggestion would be to go climbing until your ready to focus on school. Take a year before college to travel and climb. You could check out different areas and schools. Then you could make an educated decision. College is such a huge investment you don't want to make the choice based on the best climbing in the area. Maybe check out NOLS or some community colleges. |
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I am surprised there has been no mention of the University of Nevada, Reno, as a destination climbing school. Tahoe and the Sierra East Side will keep you busy.. |
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I would also agree with just about any college along the wasatch front (cant really recommend BYU being a University of Utah fan). Weber State, UofU, Westminster, Utah Valley Univ. All within an hour of either Big Cottonwood, Little Cottonwood, or American Fork canyons. If you are willing to drive a little further (3-4 hours) you can get to City of Rocks, Castle Rock, Maple Canyon, Moab. |