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Legit EarthScience colleges near some mountains....?

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flexpattern
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Yo

I shall explain my situation:

I am a first year university student in the UK doing an earth sciences degree, namely geophysics. Now i would like to take either a semester or a whole year out to study at another institution abroad; sometime within the next 4 years.

So my question is can anybody suggest a good uni/college that offers earth sciences and is close to some sort of ski resort/mountain?

My first thought was the US - i am thinking of the obvious being Colorado School of Mines or maybe somewhere elsewhere, Canada for example...

My uni has an exchange program with Penn State so I might try that, but how far is that from the nearest hill?

Whatever happens I'm going to get fucked with the cost of studying abroad so i want it to be worth it!


suggestions and pros/cons of each college ie teaching quality, partying quality, and chick to dick ratio, distance to hill etc. please!

SPARKNOTES

want to continue my study at a good Earth Science college
must be close to mountains to go ski
suggestions?
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Slinger1x1
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colorado school of mines
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FerrisBueller
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Colorado School of Mines
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Slinger1x1
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too soon?
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jimmer
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penn state is in pennsylvania after all. so if you're looking for good skiing, i'd go westward. tussey is the closest "mountain."
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epoxiedtip
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Dude you're sopose to take Earth Science freshman year of high school........ Guess you missed that one
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Melvs
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There are a bunch, do a little more looking around in Colorado, Utah, and Idaho.  Dartmouth in NH has a good program too.
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Static
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Western State in Colorado has a pretty good program, specifically with geology. It's cheap, and very close to skiing. Not very prestigious though, and they might not have exactly what you're looking for.
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