Who on NS goes to James Madison JMU

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Nick1867

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I was thinking about going to jmu next year and i was wondering what the ski scene is like. I know there is massanutten, how is there park.
 
I was there over the weekend, and it sucks.

Masanutten is a decent mountain with a decent park, but you would be better off going to a school nearby Wintergreen( Hampden-Sydney, UVA) or the Boone NC ski areas (App State, Davidson) .

Harrsionburg is really depressing and there is so much Northern Guido trash at JMU that it would suck to waste four years of your life there
 
Don't listen to this hot air. His opinion should always be taken with a grain of salt.

I went to JMU for six years, got my undergrad and masters there. It is an awesome school. Are there NOVA "guido trash" there? Yep. Are these at every other school in VA? Yep. Are there awesome people there as well? Of course. I think JMU has a great student body overall. Personally, I had an amazing college experience. I lived in a house of 8 guys, four of whom loved to shred. I made my schedule one semester of just Tues/Thurs classes and went to the Nut three or four days a week. (didn't do so well academically though...) College was quite fun.

As for the ski specific "scene": Massanutten is a very small mountain with a park that is fun enough to satisfy the east coast park rat. But, by about February you start to complain about poorly shaped jumps and a million kids sitting at the top of the tiny park that are in your way. Wintergreen is a slight step up in terms of the overall mountain, but their park really is no better, except that is serviced by two lifts, one of which is a six person high speed, making laps a bit more fun than just sitting on a T-bar all day at Massanutten. That being said, neither is a great mountain, nor is anything in the area until you get over to Snowshoe. If you went to JMU I guarantee you could find some people who rip and have fun. Same with UVA or Tech - which happens to be less than 2 hours from Snowshoe. HOpe that is something to chew on.
 
True i have talked to people who went to JMU and loved it they said the party scene is awsome. As long as there is some kind of rail or jump to hit I will make due. Plus its like only 20mins away right?
 
I live in Charlottesville where UVA is and I'm on wintergreens freeride team. Wintergreen got a new park shaper last year and our park got way way better. It was really good for a southern mountain. We are building new rails for this year and it should be even better this year. Wintergreen is a way better mountain than massanutten. Way better lifts and better terrain. Let me know if you're ever there and I'll show you around.
 
App State is pretty sick, been down there a bunch to go mountain biking. I personally go to Tech, there's a huge snowboard scene there (400+ person club) And I usually hang out with them. Snowshoe is more like 3 hours away, but I'll be there every weekend its open unless im out in Colorado with the club, or having a rail jam in blacksburg.
 
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