Which Colorado schools have your kids toured and liked? Or mountain towns in general?

[Anonymous]

We toured Mines. Husband and I loved it, but son did not. I think Colorado might be too hippy-ish for him. He's aiming for a midwest school instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which Colorado schools have your kids toured and liked? We are a big ski family and all 3 of my kids have expressed interest in going to school in the mountains.

There are not schools in the mountains in Colorado. CU is probably as close as you get.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We toured Mines. Husband and I loved it, but son did not. I think Colorado might be too hippy-ish for him. He's aiming for a midwest school instead.

We toured Mines too and I liked it, but son also did not. We went in late January 2023, and it was below zero so we didn't do much walking around town or campus beyond the tour. But I think that was still a good thing (to tour in such cold weather) because it gave a realistic experience of what it would be like, as opposed to touring on a beautiful fall day.

[Anonymous]

Mines has a reputation for being relatively easy for admission but more difficult to get through. Tough classes. In addition, be aware of the gender ratio. It's a tech school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We toured Mines. Husband and I loved it, but son did not. I think Colorado might be too hippy-ish for him. He's aiming for a midwest school instead.

We toured Mines too and I liked it, but son also did not. We went in late January 2023, and it was below zero so we didn't do much walking around town or campus beyond the tour. But I think that was still a good thing (to tour in such cold weather) because it gave a realistic experience of what it would be like, as opposed to touring on a beautiful fall day.

That's not typical winter weather at all--it's rare to have below zero temperatures on the front range.

[Anonymous]

If they’re looking for a school with a strong skiing culture and are willing to go outside CO, I second Utah and Burlington and would add Western Washington and UW. All 3 have easier quick access to skiing with less traffic than being in Denver or Boulder. I live in a ski town and kids here also gravitate to anywhere in Montana, especially smaller schools like Carroll College.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is Colorado Springs a nice area? We have friends that just spent a week at the Broadmoor and raved.

Colorado Springs is geographically huge so there are nice areas and meh areas. It's grown like crazy for the last 20 years so to the east and north there's a lot of sprawling suburbia but if you stay on the westside there are nice older neighborhoods and the downtown area has been booming with new restaurants and lots of new condo buildings.

We chose to move here instead of Denver 18 years ago (biglaw with offices in both brought us here and gave us the choice) because after living in DC we wanted a more manageable sized city and it's much closer to the mountains than most of the Denver metro area. We don't have to drive on I-70 to get to skiing, which is another huge bonus over the Denver metro area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We toured Mines. Husband and I loved it, but son did not. I think Colorado might be too hippy-ish for him. He's aiming for a midwest school instead.

We toured Mines too and I liked it, but son also did not. We went in late January 2023, and it was below zero so we didn't do much walking around town or campus beyond the tour. But I think that was still a good thing (to tour in such cold weather) because it gave a realistic experience of what it would be like, as opposed to touring on a beautiful fall day.

Respectfully, that's just a lie. https://weatherspark.com/s/3539/3/Average-Winter-Weather-in-Golden-Colorado-United-States

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We toured Mines. Husband and I loved it, but son did not. I think Colorado might be too hippy-ish for him. He's aiming for a midwest school instead.

We toured Mines too and I liked it, but son also did not. We went in late January 2023, and it was below zero so we didn't do much walking around town or campus beyond the tour. But I think that was still a good thing (to tour in such cold weather) because it gave a realistic experience of what it would be like, as opposed to touring on a beautiful fall day.

Respectfully, that's just a lie. https://weatherspark.com/s/3539/3/Average-Winter-Weather-in-Golden-Colorado-United-States

Wow, you are rude--and a liar (saying that I lied!)

I just went back through my phone's screen shots and found on January 30, 2023 at 8:37 am in Golden Colorado my phone weather app said "-3 degrees. Mostly Cloudy, High of 11 degrees and Low of -5 degrees. Snowy conditions expected around 9 am"

[Anonymous]

And, your link proves nothing. That's just the averages, it doesn't mean colder or hotter weather never happens!

[Anonymous]

https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/co/denver/KDEN/date/2023-1-30

It appears this site won't do the history for Golden, but the closest it has history for is Denver. It was definitely below zero in Denver at different points on that day.

[Anonymous]

NP. *Sometimes* the temp goes below zero. Indeed, it typically goes below zero at some point each winter. However, that usually isn't for very long.

[Anonymous]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=551259837038209&set=pb.100064625925001.-2207520000&type=3

Jeffco county public schools (the school district for Golden Colorado) posted on January 29, 2023 that there would be a 2 hour delay the following day (January 30) due to "dangerously cold temperatures."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. *Sometimes* the temp goes below zero. Indeed, it typically goes below zero at some point each winter. However, that usually isn't for very long.

Yes, but even if it isn't very long or isn't typical, it is not "a lie" that on January 30, 2023, the temperature WAS below zero.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/co/denver/KDEN/date/2023-1-30

It appears this site won't do the history for Golden, but the closest it has history for is Denver. It was definitely below zero in Denver at different points on that day.

Cool site. Jan 30 looks like a wild outlier. Here's 3 days before: https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/co/denver/KDEN/date/2023-1-27

And 3 after: https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/co/denver/KDEN/date/2023-2-2