Wachusett Mountain Ski Area
Central Massachusetts · MA
Description · generated
Wachusett Mountain Ski Area is in Princeton, in central Massachusetts, United States, about an hour's drive from Worcester. It has 27 runs served by 8 lifts across 125 skiable acres. The summit sits at 2,006 feet and the vertical drop is 1,000 feet, which is modest by western standards but sizable for southern New England. The operator lists uphill lift capacity at 9,200 skiers per hour.

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As of Nov 4, Wachusett Mountain Ski Area's PeakCam Snow Score is 3 of 100 (poor): snow quality 2.9 of 15, depth vs normal 0 of 30, 7-day snow 0 of 25, 7-day forecast 0 of 20.
Why 3? The five components
- Depth vs normal0
- New snow, 7 days0
- Forecast, 7 days0
- Snow quality2.9
- Operating status0
Snow Report
Updated · Source: open_meteo
- Base depthmodelestimated 3 h
- 24 h newmodelestimated 3 h
- TempNWS stationlive 2 h
- WindNWS stationlive 2 h
- Next 48 hmodelestimated 2 h
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5-Day Forecast
NWS Forecast ↗| Day | Conditions | Temp | Wind | Snow | Forecast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed | 67° | 9 | |||
| 69° | 10 | ||||
| 62° | 12 | ||||
| Thu | 66° | 13 | |||
| 66° | 12 | ||||
| 63° | 13 | ||||
| Fri | 60° | 5 |
Snow amounts: PeakCam blend of 9 models (Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0) · Narrative, temperature and wind: National Weather Service · Updated hourly
What the instruments say
by elevation band| Band | Station | Depth | New | Temp | Wind | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit | WESTMINSTER 0.6 WSW, MA USGHCN-Daily · 1,064 ft · 7.2 km | 0″ | 0″ | – | – | |
| Mid-mountain | STERLING 4.3 NW, MA USGHCN-Daily · 771 ft · 5.2 km | 0″ | 0″ | – | – | |
| Base | FW8920 PrincetonNWS · 686 ft · 4.4 km | – | – | 59°F | 0 mph |
Each row is one sensor at its own elevation, not a mountain average. Daily networks (SNOTEL, GHCN) read once a day; hourly ones (NWS, ECCC, BC ASWS) carry temperature and wind but no depth. Sources: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily; NOAA National Weather Service.
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About Wachusett Mountain Ski Area
Wachusett Mountain Ski Area is a ski resort in Central Massachusetts. PeakCam tracks 2 webcams here. Snow figures on this page are weather-model estimates, not ground-sensor readings.
The measured base depth is 0 inches. Sensor history shows the snowpack has held steady over the past week.