<p>I agree, you can get pretty much the same experience at all three. Bates does have the the oldest outing club (I believe in the US) and is also huge, though. Lost Valley is also about ten minutes from the campus, a mini ski mountain. Bates kids ski for free-- I think that is a plus if you’re the outdoorsy type. But Bowdoins right on the ocean and Colby is closer to the mountains. They’re all some of the best school in the nation, consider yourself lucky to attend any of them.</p>