Waterville - ski back to village or use shuttle bus

[urungus]

Will be staying in the Waterville Valley village for the first time and looking for people’s experiences taking the shuttle bus back from the Alpine ski area vs skiing back on the Nordic trails (Pipeline > Swans > Mad River). How much uphilling is required to ski back to the village ?

 

[millerm277]

Haven't heard of many people doing that. I don't know that there's much uphill, but there sure isn't much downhill.

You're looking at probably 200ft of downhill in the first 0.5mi, and then >1.5mi with <100ft of downhill over the span. So, I don't think it's going to be much fun.

I don't know when you're going, but it seems worth pointing out that none of those are open right now, either.

 

[Smellytele]

It is flat for a lot of it and there are rollers. How are your skating skills? I would not do it on alpine skis. Shuttle bus all the way.