Best universities for skiing in Canada?

roach1324

roach1324

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I'm trying to choose a school and I like skiing, any suggestions?

I don't really know what else to say, any help is appreciated
 
University of British Columbia aka UBC is a pretty big university in Vancouver, it's pretty close to Seymour, Grouse, Cypress and Whistler, which are all good spots to ski
 
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ubc okanagan- big white and relatively close to resorts like silver star throughout the okanagan

Simon Frasser university- grouse cypress seymour whistler
 
I know that the UBC okanagan campus is close to big white and about 2 hrs from revelstoke. Doesn't really get much better than that for skiing.
 
Capilano University in North Van, don't think that was mentioned yet. Closed proximity to skiing for a University.
 
there's decent skiing in ontario? But i have a serious question, do you canadians have an "in province" discount on tuition? we here in the states have an in state system for public colleges, so if your parents aren't loaded you have too go to school instate or find some fat scholarships. just wondering.
 
ugh I got accepted to UBC but its highly unlikely I will end up going :(

the two options I am allowed to choose from are McGill and Carleton - at least Tremblant is close and apparently the Carleton ski team is nice.
 
ugh I got accepted to UBC but its highly unlikely I will end up going :(

the two options I am allowed to choose from are McGill and Carleton - at least Tremblant is close and apparently the Carleton ski team is nice.
 
Bishop's Univeristy! I'm there now and I have a seasons pass to Jay Peak and Bromont. It may be a small school but we sure have the whole ski/party thing figured out.
 
yeah they don't exist. I'm going to college in barrie next year but that's about as good as it gets.

if you really want to move to ontario and ski your best bet would be carleton or ottawa. it's like 2 hours to tremblant or something.
 
UBC! But I'm biased since I go there :P Student rate for a seasons at whis is pretty awesome, but you'll get that at other places around here too like SFU and Cap
 
no. there aren't any.

but if you have to stay in the East or want to pick a top school and still ski then McGill is pretty rad. Tremblant and Jay Peak are both within a couple of hours, and decent parks at Avila and Bromont in less than an hour. if you can access a vehicle you can night ski park after class pretty easy. i went to mcgill, bought a seasons pass at Jay and night pass at Bromont, both are reasonably priced for students.
 
No, we don't. I'm from Manitoba and I got to school in Saskatchewan. I pay the same as "locals" do. International students are a different story though.

And for the University of British Columbia, I was dead set on going there after I graduated, but it was just too far for me. It would be too expensive going back and forth across provinces, so I chose something closer to home. The skiing scene here on the prairies is awful. The hills are mediocre, and there are only snowboard shops that never accommodate skiers, especially in competitions. But, I still LOVE skiing and enjoy it every chance I can, but if you have the opportunity to go to UBC, UBC Okanagan, or any other university in the west, take advantage of it.

Another option I would suggest to you is to take a gap year. If you are going to be more focused on skiing than your school work, you are just wasting money for right now. I was considering going to school just for the fall term and going west for the winter term. You really do only live once, and skiing in the mountains is an opportunity of a lifetime.

TL;DR: Go west any way that you can. You won't regret it, and consider taking a gap year and go skiing 100%. School will always be there when you are ready.
 
Everyone saying there's no good schools for skiing apparently don't know of gorgian college thats a small drive away from MSLM,which has one of the best parks in canada
 
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I'm a UBC guy and would completely endorse it. But there's skiing everywhere in this province, including on the island - UVic, Royal Roads, VIU. Skiing wise it's hard to go wrong by coming here.

There is also a small private university called Quest in Squamish - 30 mins from Whistler, but you'd probably have to be loaded to go there and most people have never heard of it.

General warning, don't be fooled into thinking UBCO is the same as UBC (Vancouver). Despite the image UBC likes to put forward they might as well be two separate universities.
 
I know many Americans at UBC, who are here because the international tuition is less than their in-state tuition. International students pay about $20-25,000 per year (so in total, about $100k for your bachelor degree). I don't know off the top of my head what it's like elsewhere but it can't be much different.

Factor in that as a matter of reputation and academics UBC is on par with the lower end of the US Ivy League and it's an easy choice for them to make, I'm sure the other top Canadian universities have their fair share of southern imports too.
 
Well alright,there's better in canada,but I'm suprised no ones mention gorgian as a school with decent places to ski nearby. You've also got blue,and ya for regular skiing its pretty shitty,but the parks are solid.
 
I mentioned georgian. I'm going there next year. didn't speak much of it though cause he was looking for universities and since I got into georgian on my grade 11 avg of like 62 I didn't think it was up OP's alley.
 
word. U of C's pretty legit. But there's not a huge skiing/boarding scene at the school. The snowboard and ski clubs are shit. But Canada olympic park's about a 10 min drive away, sunshine, nakiska and norquay are about an hour drive, louise 2 hours, then there's kicking horse, castle, and revelstoke within a decent distance...
 
+1 for UBC.

sure i'm biased but vancouver is hands down one of the nicest cities in the world, especially if you love the outdoors. world class skiing, climbing, and biking year round within a half hour from one of the best schools in the country? not a bad deal at all.
 
Don't hate. I would have loved to have gone to UBC, vancouver's gorgeous, it's a good university and fairly close to great skiing but the cost wasn't worth it, unless you really want student loans.

 
Definitely consider McGill or Concordia, Montreal is a sick city and very close to a lot of good places (tremblant,QC, Eastern Townships, jay, Maine, ext.
 
100 % UBC or UBCO. I live in revy as a bum and we have a few friends who go to UBCO and make it out on thurs (no friday class) and ride fri-sun every single week. Also had some UBC friends out and they love it and have great access to tons of riding. Calgary sucks don't go to U of C.
 
if youre in ontario come to University of Ottawa, we go to trembalnt every sunday and tons of little hills with night skiing around the area

 
tuition is the same, student housing costs the same.

Rent off campus is more.

COP is good, Grouse/Seymour are great.

Sunshine/Lake Louise are two of my favs, Whistler is on a whole other level.

UoC is a terrible school, ugly-ass buildings, avoids answers on Macleans surveys vs UBC world class Top 30 school.

UBC wins.

Plus a Whis student pass is $550, vs $717 for shine.
 
idk about the universities themselves but if you want to live in ontario and go to universtiy and ski, well the ski hills around are pretty good like avila and tremblant are like 2 hours away so its pretty good i guess. also theres edelweiss, cascades, and fortune that are smaller then tremblant but still pretty good and only about 30-50 mins away depending on whereyou live in the city
 
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