Hands down University of Nevada, Reno. unr is sick as hell, and 35 min from TAHOE!!. School is pretty easy, but if you wanna be legit they are actually a highly ranked school. It is so close to so many mountains, you cant beat it. northstar has some of the sickest park in the nation, and its 30 min from campus. Night riding at boreal every night is only 45 min from campus. I go to unr, and i picked it over CSU fort collins, CU boulder, and the runner up was U of U. ps nevada has fat scholarships, and "the nation's cheapest in-state tuition"