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Wachusett Mountain is an alpine ski area in the northeastern United States, located on Mount Wachusett, in the towns of Princeton and Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The mountain has 25 trails served by eight lifts, including three high-speed chairlifts and four magic-carpet lifts, and a triple chairlift.
Trails: The reservation's 17 miles (27 km) of hiking and walking trails include a section of the Midstate Trail. Skiing: The privately operated Wachusett Mountain Ski Area occupies a 450-acre (180 ha) lease parcel on the northern slopes of the mountain. Habitat at the Reservation
Mount Wachusett and flat environs. Mount Wachusett is a (formerly) glaciated monadnock: a single mountain on a relatively flat landscape.Glacial activity that shaped the mountain can be seen at Balance Rock on the northeast side of the mountain: two large boulders were stacked one on top of each other by moving glaciers thousands of years ago.
Total trails Total lifts Avg annual snowfall (in) Adult weekend lift ticket window price (USD) Date statistics updated Ski Bromont: Bromont: Quebec: 1,854 590 1,264 450 141 9 190 $72 January 29, 2025 [1] Apex Mountain Resort: Penticton: British Columbia: 7,197 5,197 2,000 1,112 79 4 236 $84 January 29, 2025 [2] Canyon Ski Area: Red Deer ...
A summit hotel on Mount Wachusett, which operated in the 19th and early 20th centuries (eventually succumbing to fire and dynamic changes in tourism), encouraged trail building on the mountain well before the Midstate Trail was created. The Midstate Trail incorporated some of these footways into its route. [4]
Rank Resort name State Vertical (ft) Skiable acres Trails Lifts Notes 1: Killington: Vermont: 3,050: 1,509: 155: 21: Largest drop in New England, 26th largest drop in the United States
From Wachusett Mountain, a pristine New England ski resort with 27 trails, eight lifts and a vertical drop of 1,000ft, the Boston skyline sparkles on winter sports weekends with some built-in R&R ...
Telegram & Gazette skiing columnist Shaun Sutner shares five favorite skiing locations a reasonable drive from Worcester.