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Colorado Rocky Mountain School and Snowmass.

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sagesnow
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Hey Colorado guys. I'm thinking of going to the Colorado Rocky Mountain School next year for my Junior year in high school. Does anyone in this forum attend there by chance? or know anyone that does? I've done alot of research on the school but of course theres always some questions left.

I'm wondering if you, or your friend, enjoys going to school there and what the facilities are like.

Also, is the park at snowmass fun? and does it get good snow etc...
Jan 6 2011 12:54AM
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mistaT
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Park at snowmass is most certainly fun.....can't speak on the school.

Do it!!!!!
Jan 6 2011 1:08AM
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billtro11
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lots of telewhackers from CRMS. 
Jan 10 2011 12:45AM
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sagesnow
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yeah i looked into it more and it seemed like its not exactly my fit.

I'm now looking at Lowell in steamboat springs or Vermont academy.
Jan 10 2011 1:44AM
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BASEDRILEY
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windells accatamy.
Jan 13 2011 1:02AM
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Sklar
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my good friend is at whitemna this year, i've stayed at his dorm a couple times

from what he says/my experience is, it is super sick, really small, only 3 or 4 buildings, the dorms are super nice, the schools seems not too bad, the schedules are dope, skiing is sick
Jan 13 2011 7:06PM
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sagesnow
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thanks man i'll check that out.

as for windells, no. i'd love to go there but academics arent solid. its online and just wouldn't look good on college apps. vermont and lowell actually have very good academics and the kids get into solid colleges.
Jan 13 2011 7:37PM
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Sklar
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yea, yea, look into whiteman for sure. I'd kill to go there.
My friend said most people there get at least some kind of scholarship and dont pay anything close to full tuition
Jan 13 2011 7:44PM
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sagesnow
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oh i feel dumb haha, i blanked on the fact that whiteman was the second part of lowell whiteman and looked it up lol.

but yeah i hear that too, it seams to also be a school for really hardcore bump skiers. which worries me cause everytime i see a reference to their amazing "freestyle program" it's about how they have a kid in the olympics so obviously they mean bump skiing.
Jan 13 2011 8:07PM
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Sklar
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from the kids a met and my buddy i didn't meet one bump skier, my buddy races skicross, there are a good deal of alpine racers, but also a bunch of kids who aren't super into competing, a good amount of park guys, too
Jan 13 2011 8:54PM
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saucybiscuits
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the park at snowmass this year is pretty sick. skied it today in fact. the jumps are smooth and the rails are pretty fly. i know some kids who go to CRMS and they seem to like it........... its a lot more skiing-friendly than Aspen public High School
Jan 16 2011 1:43AM
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sk1color@do
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I know lots of kids that ended up going to CRMS
The academics are, like you said, very solid, and they have a pretty diverse campus (not that that matters much in high school).
Definitely more of a hippie crowd, but they're pretty accepting of the NS style, and the ski team for CRMS does get passes to Snowmass, big plus.
If you're into slack/backcountry and backcountry jibbing it'd be a great fit, otherwise I'd look else-ware.
Jan 16 2011 3:37AM
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DivisionWest
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I went to Vermont Academy... Had three great years there.

It won't compare to west coast skiing/snowboarding but in the winter you can ski nearly every day... there is a hill on campus with a rope tow, various rails and boxes. Otherwise you'll be at Okemo.

If you want to look on the east check you Carabasset Valley Academy, Okemo Mountain School, Stratton Mountain School, etc. VA was about as close as you can get to a "mountain school" without the title.

+1 for CO skiing/riding though.
Jan 16 2011 2:41PM
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