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Lower Balance Rock at Wachusett Mountain

Intermediate · 262 m long with 49 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 13° at its steepest, facing N.

13°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
262 mlength
49 mvertical
412 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Lower Balance Rock

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

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

  1. Ride Minuteman Express Quad
  2. Ski Hitchcock Trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski Mass Pike (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lower Conifer Connection (intermediate)
  5. Ski Lower Balance Rock (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower 10th Mountain. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Polar Express (1 min), Polar Carpet (1 min), Monadnock Express Quad (2 min).

See Lower 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.