There are only so many ways you can get down a mountain on a pair of skis, and it's pretty much the same whether you're a man or a woman.

The top college ski programs are well-rounded and boast the best male and female athletes. Men and women compete in the same types of events—like the Giant Slalom, for instance—but the events are divided based on gender. In other words, it's men against men and women against women. At the end of the competition, however, everyone's scores are added up and totaled, taking into account all members of the team, both male and female alike.

Men and women are on a pretty even playing field (er, ski slope) when it comes to receiving scholarships for NCAA skiing, too. Division-I schools offer 6.3 full ride scholarships per men's team, and 7 per women's teams (source). The same goes for Division II. However, skiing is an equivalency sport, so schools can divvy these scholarships up however they want to: they can give seven women full rides or fourteen women half-rides, and so on. It's totally their call.

Scary, huh?