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Middle Balance Rock at Wachusett Mountain

Intermediate · 312 m long with 47 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 13° at its steepest, facing NW.

13°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
312 mlength
47 mvertical
494 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Middle Balance Rock

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

From the base area (about 10 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

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

Where it ends

Joins 10th Mountain Trail, Lower 10th Mountain, Oxbow Chute, Mass Pike. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Polar Express (2 min), Polar Carpet (2 min), Vickery Bowl Triple (2 min).

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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.