Snow Guide
Snow Guide › Wachusett Mountain › Runs › Balance Rock

Balance Rock at Wachusett Mountain

Intermediate · 1658 m long with 99 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 12° at its steepest, facing N.

12°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
1658 mlength
99 mvertical
593 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Balance Rock is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Balance Rock

Lifts that reach the top: Polar Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 9 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Polar Express
  2. Ski Conifer Connection (intermediate)
  3. Ski Balance Rock (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Conifer Connection, Roper's Road, Middle Balance Rock. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Polar Express (3 min), Polar Carpet (3 min), Monadnock Express Quad (3 min).

See Balance Rock on the 3D mapAll runs at Wachusett Mountain
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.