Mountain Facts

• Summit Elevation - 2,006 Feet
   


• Vertical Drop - 1,000 Feet
   


• Trails - 26
  
  
  
  • Skiable Acres - 110
  
  
  • 30% Novice, 40% Intermediate, 30% Advanced
  
  
  • The longest trail is 1 1/2 miles on "Balance Rock"
  
  
  • Wide variety of terrain that exists for skiers of all abilities
     
  
  


• Lifts - 8
  
  
  
  • Uphill capacity of more than 9,200 skiers per hour, including 3 high speed quad chair lifts (the only 3 in Massachusetts)
    
    
    
    • Polar Express: high-speed quad chair > 4,500 Feet
    
    
    • Minuteman Express: high-speed quad chair > 3,700 Feet
    
    
    • Monadnock Express: high-speed quad chair > 2,500 Feet
    
    
    • Vickery Bowl: triple chair >1,500 Feet
    
    
    • Ollie's: carpet > 300 Feet
    
    
    • Easy Rider: carpet > 500 Feet
    
    
    • Polar Playground: carpet > 200 Feet (open for Polar Kids participants only)
    
    
    • Pony Lift > 500 Feet
       
    
    
  
  


• Season - Traditionally, skiing from the day after Thanksgiving until early April
   


• Snowmaking
  
  
  
  • 100% coverage on all 108 acres
  
  
  • Utlilize innovative HKD tower guns
  
  
  • 100 million gallons of water converted into machine made snow each season, equaling an average of 3 feet of snow covering all trails.
  
  
  • Lease water from the city of Fitchburg-owned Wachusett Lake
     
  
  


• Grooming - A fleet of 6 snow grooming vehicles manicure the trails two times each day

History Facts

• Name - "Wachusett" is the Algonquin Indian word for "The Great Hill"
   


• First Trails - The first skiing trails on Wachusett Mountain were cut by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the late 1930's (Pine Trail 1934; Balance Rock Trail 1937)
   


• First Lifts
  
  
  
  • Oxbow T-bar - 1960
  
  
  • West T-bar - 1962 (the longest T-bar in New England at 3,800)
     
  
  


• Nature/Geology
  
  
  
  • Highest mountain in Massachusetts east of the Connecticut River
  
  
  • Largest "Monadnock" (Indian word for mountain that stands alone) east of the Berkshires
  
  
  • Home to the only known Old Growth Forest east of the Connecticut River (Some of the trees here are over 350 years old!)
  
  
  • Panoramic 360-degree views from the summit; including view of Boston Skyline to the east.