Anonymous
01/04/2025 14:40
Subject: Re:Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Anonymous wrote:Carleton. The Cowling Arboretum, Lyman Lakes, and Cannon River are on campus (or run through campus) and make for great hiking, biking, running, and kayaking. In the winter there’s cross country skiing (and downhill skiing at an artificial slope 20 min away) in the Arb and skating on the Bald Spot. Lots of natural beauty!
Hiking in Minnesota is an absolute joke. The coasts are where this student needs to go.
Anonymous
01/04/2025 14:38
Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
If “kayaking” means whitewater kayaking, Dartmouth has the most active club. Not a lot of schools sponsor participation in the sport probably for liability reasons. Greek life is prominent at Dartmouth. But also large population of outdoorsy students and many students don’t pledge or join an alternative or coed undergraduate society.
Anonymous
01/04/2025 13:48
Subject: Re:Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Carleton. The Cowling Arboretum, Lyman Lakes, and Cannon River are on campus (or run through campus) and make for great hiking, biking, running, and kayaking. In the winter there’s cross country skiing (and downhill skiing at an artificial slope 20 min away) in the Arb and skating on the Bald Spot. Lots of natural beauty!
Anonymous
01/04/2025 13:30
Subject: Re:Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Claremont Colleges. It is better than any college in New England. While you cannot log into the on the loose page without a Claremont email, every semester there are trips to Joshua Tree, Yosemite, Baldy -> Beach, Laguna, Malibu, Death Valley, Sequoia, Zion, and an annual ferry ride. Students are constantly on trips outdoors and are fully reimbursed by the college to pay for gas and food, free gear rental, etc. The college hires student workers, subsidizes student wilderness first responder certificates, has constant outdoors speakers, a living community for the center, and many outdoors groups-People of Color Outside, Climbing Club, Ski and Snowboard Club, Surf club, etc. The only colleges we've seen with as many resources are all on the west coast.
Sponsored trips are not the same as proximity to the outdoor activities.
Sponsored trips are even better than mere proximity in my book!
Anonymous
01/04/2025 13:28
Subject: Re:Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Claremont Colleges. It is better than any college in New England. While you cannot log into the on the loose page without a Claremont email, every semester there are trips to Joshua Tree, Yosemite, Baldy -> Beach, Laguna, Malibu, Death Valley, Sequoia, Zion, and an annual ferry ride. Students are constantly on trips outdoors and are fully reimbursed by the college to pay for gas and food, free gear rental, etc. The college hires student workers, subsidizes student wilderness first responder certificates, has constant outdoors speakers, a living community for the center, and many outdoors groups-People of Color Outside, Climbing Club, Ski and Snowboard Club, Surf club, etc. The only colleges we've seen with as many resources are all on the west coast.
Sponsored trips are not the same as proximity to the outdoor activities.
What does that mean? Southern California gives you proximity to world class outdoors activities by being…Southern California.
+1, it’s also telling they’ve never been to the 5 colleges, because they’re literally on the foothills of Mt Baldy.
Anonymous
01/04/2025 13:25
Subject: Re:Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Claremont Colleges. It is better than any college in New England. While you cannot log into the on the loose page without a Claremont email, every semester there are trips to Joshua Tree, Yosemite, Baldy -> Beach, Laguna, Malibu, Death Valley, Sequoia, Zion, and an annual ferry ride. Students are constantly on trips outdoors and are fully reimbursed by the college to pay for gas and food, free gear rental, etc. The college hires student workers, subsidizes student wilderness first responder certificates, has constant outdoors speakers, a living community for the center, and many outdoors groups-People of Color Outside, Climbing Club, Ski and Snowboard Club, Surf club, etc. The only colleges we've seen with as many resources are all on the west coast.
Sponsored trips are not the same as proximity to the outdoor activities.
What does that mean? Southern California gives you proximity to world class outdoors activities by being…Southern California.
Anonymous
01/04/2025 13:24
Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Bennington
Colorado College
Colorado College
Anonymous
01/04/2025 13:24
Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth, Middlebury, Bates, Colby, Amherst, Hamilton, Vassar, UVM, Bowdoin, Colorado College, Denver University, Reed, UBC, Skidmore, Cornell
Vassar for outdoors?
Anonymous
10/15/2024 08:58
Subject: Re:Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Anonymous wrote:The Claremont Colleges. It is better than any college in New England. While you cannot log into the on the loose page without a Claremont email, every semester there are trips to Joshua Tree, Yosemite, Baldy -> Beach, Laguna, Malibu, Death Valley, Sequoia, Zion, and an annual ferry ride. Students are constantly on trips outdoors and are fully reimbursed by the college to pay for gas and food, free gear rental, etc. The college hires student workers, subsidizes student wilderness first responder certificates, has constant outdoors speakers, a living community for the center, and many outdoors groups-People of Color Outside, Climbing Club, Ski and Snowboard Club, Surf club, etc. The only colleges we've seen with as many resources are all on the west coast.
Sponsored trips are not the same as proximity to the outdoor activities.
Anonymous
10/15/2024 08:55
Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Anonymous wrote:SUNY new Paltz
Agree with Paul Smith
Climbing will be better in the Shawangunk Mountains (Catskills) near New Paltz than the Adirondacks. And bouldering is close by in Central Park.
Lots of options in from NY to Maine with four seasons, water and snow. Same goes for the Pacific NW and Rockies. Just depends what activities they are most interested in, degree programs, academic strength, alumni network, etc.
As a NYer, sorry I never learned of Paul Smith's when I was looking but they have limited programs. Similar school on a beautiful glacial lake in NY wine country and skiing nearby - Keuka College.
Anonymous
10/15/2024 01:26
Subject: Re:Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Hamilton, Bates, Williams. Dartmouth is too Greek.
Anonymous
10/15/2024 00:22
Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
not a liberal arts school, but if he went to University of Oklahoma, there's riversport in OKC (it's where whitewater kayaking will be held for the 2028 olympics) and the Silos and other rock climbing opportunties. He'd likely get merit aid.
Anonymous
10/14/2024 23:58
Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Hamilton College….does an annual 46 Peak challenge.
https://spec.hamilton.edu/students-reflect-on-46-peaks-trips-166299c9e94e
https://spec.hamilton.edu/students-reflect-on-46-peaks-trips-166299c9e94e
Anonymous
10/14/2024 23:16
Subject: Re:Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
The Claremont Colleges. It is better than any college in New England. While you cannot log into the on the loose page without a Claremont email, every semester there are trips to Joshua Tree, Yosemite, Baldy -> Beach, Laguna, Malibu, Death Valley, Sequoia, Zion, and an annual ferry ride. Students are constantly on trips outdoors and are fully reimbursed by the college to pay for gas and food, free gear rental, etc. The college hires student workers, subsidizes student wilderness first responder certificates, has constant outdoors speakers, a living community for the center, and many outdoors groups-People of Color Outside, Climbing Club, Ski and Snowboard Club, Surf club, etc. The only colleges we've seen with as many resources are all on the west coast.
Anonymous
10/14/2024 19:58
Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?