Nashoba

[SnowRider]

Went up to Nashoba with a couple of friends last week for witches woods and the mountain looks intresting. On a regular weekend I will go to NH. If I can't get up there I will go to WaWa. WaWa is about 45 minutes from me and Nashoba in about 40 minutes. Is it worth trying Nashoba for a day instead of WaWa?

 

[Rushski]

Did some instructor training at nashoba many years ago and just got utterly bored of it in very little time. Wachusett is far from thrilling, but at least has some slight vertical as opposed to Nashoba.

The few extra minutes and $ to head to Wachusett is better spent...

 

[David Metsky]

Nashoba has a 200'+ vertical drop and gets a bit boring pretty quickly. For the extra 5 minutes, go to Wa-wa.

And I learned to ski at Nashoba. I'd be OK skinning up, but not paying for a lift ticket.

-dave-

 

[ChileMass]

The only thing Nashoba has over Wawa is a better bar and restaurant. The Overlook is a great place to go for dinner. You can watch all the kids come down the hill while you drink one of their many draft beers and sit by the big fireplace. Very nice ambience, not much of a ski hill......I used to take clients there sometimes for lunch.....

 

[thetrailboss]

It is a good place for beginners or for a night or two. Nothing much else though. We lived in Medford for two years and went to Pats Peak in Henniker. Pats is a bit bigger and has great service. Now it has the Hurricane Experts Trail lit at night and with new snowmaking....will be a solid bump run. Maybe consider that?

 

[Vortex]

Chilemass, Myself and Tb got together a few times a couple of years ago after work here. Good for a few runs and then dinner. Those were my 1st outings. I got yelled at for skiing fast. Had to laugh. Ga2ski would love that. Nice community mountain. Really is set up for kids with Tubing and all that. Very nice place, just hard to make it a long day here.

 

[hammer]

It is a good place for beginners or for a night or two. Nothing much else though. We lived in Medford for two years and went to Pats Peak in Henniker. Pats is a bit bigger and has great service. Now it has the Hurricane Experts Trail lit at night and with new snowmaking....will be a solid bump run. Maybe consider that?

I agree with this recommendation...Pats is a bit smaller than Wachusett but they have a nice variety of trails and the "expert" trails there have decent pitch.

I've been to Nashoba a few times and my kids have done the ski program there...it's a nice hill but it's definitely vertically challenged. At this point, the only reason why I would go to Nashoba is that its close to home and I could go for a quick evening...any more than a few hours and I'd be bored.

 

[Rushski]

Agree w/Chilemass as Nashoba's Outlook bar/restaurant is much better than Wawa's top floor, cramped bar/restaurant.

Also, as others have expressed, it is great for beginners. Yet can personally say that many of the instructors are fairly inept.

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

Chilemass, Myself and Tb got together a few times a couple of years ago after work here. Good for a few runs and then dinner. Those were my 1st outings. I got yelled at for skiing fast. Had to laugh.

I believe Nashoba's Ski Patrol Director is Dr. Evil's long lost sister.

Nashoba operates as a very tight ship. They really do make the most of what they've got. It is a very limited amount of vertical, but it really compares well against areas of similar vertical, such as Ski Ward, Blue Hills and Ski Bradford. It's not really fair to compare it to Mt. Why-choose-it.

 

[jack97]

I believe Nashoba's Ski Patrol Director is Dr. Evil's long lost sister.
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Nashoba operates as a very tight ship.

For the past four years, I skied with and taught my daughter at Nashoba. I've seen alot of near misses at the place, plenty of novices jam in a small hill, I can appreciate
patrollers trying to clamp down on the speed.

At Wachusetts during the busy hours, they have plenty of patrollers and rangers giving friendly reminders to put on the brakes. In the past three years, I recall two fatalities related to speed or conditions.

 

[Warp Daddy]

Having skied both on several occasions . My daughter and family live across the road from Nashoba

IMHO You'll be bored to tears :>)--there is NO comparison at all . Nashoba is fine for kids and newbies after that its strictly a speed bump not a ski area

 

[askstowell]

Nashoba operates as a very tight ship. They really do make the most of what they've got. It is a very limited amount of vertical, but it really compares well against areas of similar vertical, such as Ski Ward, Blue Hills and Ski Bradford. It's not really fair to compare it to Mt. Why-choose-it.

It's what you make of it. It's one exit on 495 away from where we live so it's convenient. It's where my 9 year old daughter first learned 3 seasons ago and I learned 2 ago. She now races out of the EMBWL there. Nashoba's bread and butter are the student/rec. dept./group lessons that invade the place every day after New Year's for two months. They've positioned themselves very well for what they do in terms of instruction. I've been very happy with my daughter's instructors/coaches as I have with mine.

 

[Phildozer]

I believe Nashoba's Ski Patrol Director is Dr. Evil's long lost sister.

I've known her for a long, long time and you're absolutely right.