I went to CWU. There is more climbing close to Ellensburg (25 min to Vantage, nice conditioning hikes 5 min from campus, 45 min to snoqualmie, 60 min to leavenworth, 60 min to tieton, "ice climbing" 15 min) but there is definitely more of a climbing "scene" at WWU. One plus, the girls at CWU shave their legs and pits. As mentioned above, the weather kicks ass east of the mountains.