Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Before European colonialism, Wachusett was the home of the Nipmuc tribe. The tribe has been confined to a four-and-a-half acre reservation outside Grafton, Massachusetts, which began as a praying town in 1654. [6] The general feeling towards the ski resort among Nipmucs is that it is an injustice.
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.
Shaun Sutner reports Wachusett Mountain is close to installing a six-passenger lift, making Wachusett only the second ski area in the state to have that feature.
Pages in category "Ski areas and resorts in Massachusetts" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Wachusett Mountain (ski area)
With about 350,000 annual skier and snowboarder visits and 1,000 vertical feet and 110 acres of skiable terrain, Wachusett is one of the highest-volume ski areas in the country for its size.
Of the 503 ski areas, 390 are "public U.S. ski areas that run chairlifts" and "113 either run only surface lifts, or are not open to the general public", says to Storm Skiing. [5] Of the 390 public, chairlift areas, 233 or 60% have joined one or more United States–based, international multi-mountain ski pass , according to Storm Skiing.