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Berkshire School Photo - Founded in 1907, Berkshire School is a coed college preparatory boarding and day school for 430 ninth-12th graders and post-graduates, offering a forward-thinking curriculum and state-of-the-art facilities on a 400-acre campus in Sheffield, Mass.
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Best Mountaineering Boarding Schools (2025-26)

For the 2025-26 school year, there are 28 boarding schools offering mountaineering as an interscholastic sport, serving 7,455 students.
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Top Mountaineering Boarding Schools (2025-26)

School
Location
Quick Facts
The Academy at SOAR
The Academy at SOAR Photo - The Academy at SOAR is an accredited private boarding school. Students will graduate with a high school diploma.
PO Box 388
Balsam, NC 28707
(828) 456-3435
Gr: 7-12 | 32 students Student-teacher ratio: 8:1 Avg. class size: 8 students Tuition listed
Asheville School
Asheville School Photo - Asheville School is for those who dare to be extraordinary. It is a privilege to learn and live at Asheville School, a small and special enclave among ancient mountains.
(Non-denom. / Christian)
(4)
360 Asheville School Rd.
Asheville, NC 28806
(828) 254-6345
Gr: 9-12 | 297 students Student-teacher ratio: 5:1 Avg. class size: 13 students Acceptance rate: 40% Tuition listed
Berkshire School
Berkshire School Photo - Founded in 1907, Berkshire School is a coed college preparatory boarding and day school for 430 ninth-12th graders and post-graduates, offering a forward-thinking curriculum and state-of-the-art facilities on a 400-acre campus in Sheffield, Mass.
(17)
245 North Undermountain Road
Sheffield, MA 01257
(413) 229-1003
Gr: 9-12, PG | 425 students Student-teacher ratio: 4:1 Avg. class size: 12 students Acceptance rate: 20% Tuition listed
Blue Ridge School
Blue Ridge School Photo - Our lake offers students a chance to relax, fish, canoe - in the center of campus.
(Episcopal)
(7)
273 Mayo Drive
St. George, VA 22935
(434) 985-2811
Gr: 9-12 | 170 students Student-teacher ratio: 6:1 Avg. class size: 9 students Acceptance rate: 65% Tuition listed
Bodwell High School
Bodwell High School Photo - Bodwell High School is located in North Vancouver, overlooking the Vancouver skyline. The modern campus boasts space for 600+ boarders and has extensive facilities throughout.
(17)
955 Harbourside Drive
North Vancouver, BC, Canada V7P 3S4
(604) 998-1000
Gr: 8-12 | 550 students Student-teacher ratio: 20:1 Avg. class size: 20 students Acceptance rate: 95% Tuition listed
Cate School
Cate School Photo - Day Walk
(20)
1960 Cate Mesa Road, P.O. Box 5005
Carpinteria, CA 93013
(805) 684-4127
Gr: 9-12 | 300 students Student-teacher ratio: 5:1 Avg. class size: 10 students Acceptance rate: 17% Tuition listed
Christ School
Christ School Photo
(Episcopal)
(1)
500 Christ School Road
Asheville, NC 28704
(828) 684-6232
Gr: 8-12 | 302 students Student-teacher ratio: 6:1 Avg. class size: 12 students Acceptance rate: 67% Tuition listed
Colorado Rocky Mountain School
Colorado Rocky Mountain School Photo - With 174 students, relationships are at the core of the Colorado Rocky Mountain School experience. This close-knit community resides on a 320-acre historic ranch, at the confluence of two rivers and base of Mount Sopris, providing not only an outdoor learning laboratory but a launch point for boundless outdoor adventure.
(8)
500 Holden Way
Carbondale, CO 81623
(970) 963-2562
Gr: 9-12 | 164 students Student-teacher ratio: 5:1 Avg. class size: 12 students Acceptance rate: 55% Tuition listed
Ecole d'Humanité
Ecole d'Humanité Photo
Gmeindi 318b
Hasliberg Goldern, Switzerland 6085
41339729292
Gr: 8-12, PG | 100 students Student-teacher ratio: 4:1 Avg. class size: 6 students Acceptance rate: 75% Tuition listed
Fountain Valley School of Colorado
Fountain Valley School of Colorado Photo - Fountain Valley School is a coed independent college preparatory school offering boarding and day programs for students grades 9-12. FVS was established in 1930 and is located on an 1,100-acre campus in Colorado Springs, Colo., approximately 70 miles (115 km) south of Denver. Colorado's mountain ski resorts are two hours to the west.
(5)
6155 Fountain Valley School Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80911
(719) 391-5251
Gr: 9-12 | 230 students Student-teacher ratio: 6:1 Avg. class size: 12 students Acceptance rate: 70% Tuition listed
Gould Academy
Gould Academy Photo - Rock climbing, hiking, ice climbing canoeing and variety of other outdoor experiences abound in the White Mountains.
(2)
39 Church Street
Bethel, ME 04217
(207) 824-7777
Gr: 9-12, PG | 230 students Student-teacher ratio: 6:1 Avg. class size: 9 students Acceptance rate: 97% Tuition listed
The Greenwood School
The Greenwood School Photo - "Makers of Vermont" is a signature program at The Greenwood School in VT, where students learn to craft metal objects and tools in our blacksmith's forge.
14 Greenwood Lane
Putney, VT 05346
(802) 387-4545
Gr: 6-12 | 50 students Student-teacher ratio: 2:1 Avg. class size: 4 students Acceptance rate: 20% Tuition listed
Haut-Lac International Bilingual School
Haut-Lac International Bilingual School Photo - Campuses with lake view, Switzerland
Chem. de Pangires 26
Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz, Switzerland 1806
412155550
Gr: 6-12 | PK-12 (day) | 620 students Student-teacher ratio: 7:1 Avg. class size: 10 students Tuition listed
Holderness School
Holderness School Photo - In the Holderness classroom, each student is literally in the front row, with an average class size of 12. We offer AP courses spanning multiple disciplines and encourage students to pursue an intellectual passion of their own in their twelfth-grade year as part of the Senior Thesis program.
(Episcopal)
(9)
PO Box 1879
Plymouth, NH 03264
(603) 536-1747
Gr: 9-12, PG | 300 students Student-teacher ratio: 6:1 Avg. class size: 12 students Acceptance rate: 45% Tuition listed
Hoosac School
Hoosac School Photo - Hoosac School was founded in 1889.
(Episcopal)
14 Pine Valley Road
Hoosick, NY 12089
(518) 686-7331
Gr: 8-12, PG | 240 students Student-teacher ratio: 9:1 Avg. class size: 9 students Acceptance rate: 45% Tuition listed
Indian Mountain School
Indian Mountain School Photo - As one of the most popular spring sports at IMS, the varsity boys and girls programs have sent athletes to compete at the highest levels of high school and college.
211 Indian Mountain Road
Lakeville, CT 06039
(435) 480-0871
Gr: 5-9 | PK-9 (day) | 300 students Student-teacher ratio: 4:1 Avg. class size: 12 students Acceptance rate: 40% Tuition listed
Landmark School
Landmark School Photo - Landmark's beautiful coastal campus just 30 miles from Boston.
(2)
429 Hale Street
Prides Crossing, MA 01965
(978) 236-3000
Gr: 9-12 | 2-12 (day) | 470 students Student-teacher ratio: 3:1 Avg. class size: 7 students Tuition listed
Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS)
Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) Photo
Chemin de la Source 3
Leysin, Switzerland 1854
0041244934872
Gr: 7-12, PG | 300 students Student-teacher ratio: 4:1 Avg. class size: 10 students Acceptance rate: 64% Tuition listed
Marvelwood School
Marvelwood School Photo - We offer a wide variety of competitive athletics each season.
476 Skiff Mountain Road
Kent, CT 06757
(860) 927-0047
Gr: 9-12, PG | 120 students Student-teacher ratio: 3:1 Avg. class size: 7 students Acceptance rate: 80% Tuition listed
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg Academy Photo
(20)
100 Academy Drive
Mercersburg, PA 17236
(717) 328-6173
Gr: 9-12, PG | 452 students Student-teacher ratio: 4:1 Avg. class size: 12 students Acceptance rate: 22% Tuition listed
North Country School
North Country School Photo - Through a variety or teaching methods, hands-on projects, and innovative uses of technology, North Country School students acquire critical academic skills in the humanities, math, sciences and the arts. NCS has high expectations for students, and the school also recognizes that all children learn differently. Each child is challenged according to their ability.
4382 Cascade Road
Lake Placid, NY 12946
(518) 523-9329
Gr: 4-9 | 88 students Student-teacher ratio: 3:1 Avg. class size: 8 students Acceptance rate: 65% Tuition listed
Northwood School
Northwood School Photo
(1)
92 Northwood Road
Lake Placid, NY 12946
(518) 523-3382
Gr: 9-12, PG | 190 students Student-teacher ratio: 6:1 Avg. class size: 10 students Acceptance rate: 43% Tuition listed
Oak Ridge Military Academy
Oak Ridge Military Academy Photo - At ORMA, our cadets don't just make friends -- they find a family!
2317 Oak Ridge Road
Oak Ridge, NC 27310
(336) 515-8040
Gr: 7-12 | 120 students Student-teacher ratio: 8:1 Avg. class size: 10 students Acceptance rate: 80% Tuition listed
Subiaco Academy
Subiaco Academy Photo - Named by Architecture Digest as one of "The World's Most Beautiful Boarding Schools," the modified Romanesque style architecture was rebuilt in 1959 using native sandstone taken from our own quarries about a mile northeast of the Abbey.
(Catholic)
(4)
405 North Subiaco Avenue
Subiaco, AR 72865
(479) 934-1000
Gr: 7-12 | 150 students Student-teacher ratio: 9:1 Avg. class size: 12 students Acceptance rate: 67% Tuition listed
Sun Valley Community School
Sun Valley Community School Photo - Students from around the nation and world come to Sun Valley Community School in Sun Valley, Idaho, to fulfill their potential and pursue their passions.
1 Community School Drive
Sun Valley, ID 83353
(208) 622-3960
Gr: 9-12 | PK-12 (day) | 445 students Student-teacher ratio: 6:1 Avg. class size: 15 students Acceptance rate: 45% Tuition listed
The Thacher School
The Thacher School Photo - In courses designed for intellectual and creative expansion, students and teachers meet in seminar circles, studios, and laboratories to create a learning environment that is vigorous and supportive, galvanizing and nurturing.
(26)
5025 Thacher Road
Ojai, CA 93023
(805) 640-3210
Gr: 9-12 | 255 students Student-teacher ratio: 6:1 Avg. class size: 11 students Acceptance rate: 15% Tuition listed
Woodstock School
Woodstock School Photo
(Christian)
Landour, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand
Landour, India 248179
911356615
Gr: 6-12 | PK-5 (day) | 487 students Student-teacher ratio: 6:1 Avg. class size: 12 students
Wy'East Mountain Academy
Wy'East Mountain Academy Photo
(4)
59550 East Highway 26
Sandy, OR 97055
(503) 622-8931
Gr: 7-12, PG | 68 students Student-teacher ratio: 12:1 Avg. class size: 12 students Acceptance rate: 100% Tuition listed

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