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Nashoba Valley

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Nashoba Valley is a ski area located in the state of Massachusetts in USA. The resort is in the town of Boxborough, MA.

Season Passes

Nashoba Valley is not a part of any nationwide lift ticket system. Passes such as Epic, IKON, or Mountain Collective allow pass holders to ski at multiple mountians with a single purchase. Unfortunately, none of those passes with with Nashoba Valley. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Nashoba Valley's website.

Lodging Options

There are numerous options to stay at Nashoba Valley around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.

Nashoba Valley Terrain Overview

Nashoba Valley has a total of 17 ski trails, which are serviced by 9 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Nashoba Valley is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 59 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 24 hectares, 0.1 square miles, or 0.2 square kilometers.

Nashoba Valley's slopes see on average 56 inches (1.7 meters) of snowfall a year.

Trails
Total Runs
17
Ski Lift
Lifts
9
Skier
Skiable Acres
59(0 km2)
Snow
Annual Snowfall
56"(1,707 cm)

Nashoba Valley Elevation

Nashoba Valley has a summit elevation of 440 feet, or 134 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 200 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 240 feet (73 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

Nashoba Valley has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
440'(134 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
240'(73 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
200'(61 m)

Nashoba Valley Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
35.7out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Nashoba Valley can be beginner-friendly, but it depends on the ski trails you ride. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 80% of its trails rated at or above intermediate ski level.

 DID YOU KNOW?

At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.

Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.

Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level

Nashoba Valley has 59 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Nashoba Valley is mostly a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 20% of its trails as easy. However, it also has its fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 80%.
Green Circle
Beginner
20%(12 acres)

Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.

Blue Square
Intermediate
47%(28 acres)

Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.

Black Diamond
Expert
33%(19 acres)

Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.

Is Nashoba Valley good for beginners?

Nashoba Valley can be beginner-friendly, depending on the runs you take. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 80% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.

Nashoba Valley Location

Nashoba Valley is located in the state of Massachusetts, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Boxborough, MA.

Address:
Boxborough, MA 01719 USA
View on Google Maps

Website:
skinashoba.com

GPS Coordinates:
42.48000, -71.49000

Getting to Nashoba Valley

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Nashoba Valley), its coordinates of 42.48000, -71.49000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Boxborough, MA to get close.

By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.

A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Nashoba Valley.

NameCodeCityDistance
Logan International AirportBOSBoston, MA26 mi
Theodore Francis Green State AirportPVDProvidence, RI52 mi
Portland International JetportPWMPortland, ME100 mi

A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Nashoba Valley.

NameCodeCityDistance
Worcester Regional AirportORHWorcester, MA25 mi
Manchester-Boston Regional AirportMHTManchester, NH31 mi
Portsmouth International at Pease AirportPSMPortsmouth, NH53 mi

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Nashoba Valley, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.

Other Nearby Ski Resorts

Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Nashoba Valley.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
Ski ButternutGreat Barrington, MA1,800 ft38%8 mi
Ski WardShrewsbury, MA410 ft24%8 mi
Wachusett Mountain Ski AreaPrinceton, MA2,006 ft40%20 mi
Blue Hills Ski AreaCanton, MA635 ft23%26 mi
Ski BradfordHaverhill, MA1,548 ft29%29 mi
GunstockKingston, NH2,300 ft47%36 mi
McIntyre Ski AreaManchester, NH510 ft17%36 mi
Crotched MountainBennington, NH2,066 ft41%40 mi
Dartmouth SkiwayConcord, NH1,943 ft39%50 mi
Pats PeakHenniker, NH1,400 ft32%50 mi
Stowe MountainWest Halifax, VT4,395 ft57%66 mi
Yawgoo ValleyExeter, RI315 ft23%66 mi
Mount SunapeeNewbury, NH2,743 ft44%67 mi
Ragged MountainAndover, NH2,250 ft42%70 mi
BlandfordBlandford, MA1,685 ft24%76 mi
Mount SnowSomerset, VT3,600 ft44%80 mi
Magic MountainLondonderry, VT2,850 ft52%82 mi
Stratton MountainWinhall, VT3,875 ft45%84 mi
Otis Ridge Ski AreaOtis, MA1,700 ft34%85 mi
Berkshire EastCharlemont, MA1,840 ft43%86 mi
Okemo MountainLudlow, VT3,344 ft52%89 mi
Bromley MountainPeru, VT3,284 ft42%90 mi
Bousquet MountainPittsfield, MA1,818 ft48%91 mi
Jiminy PeakHancock, MA2,380 ft44%92 mi
Loon MountainLincoln, NH3,050 ft50%94 mi
Mt. SouthingtonPlantsville, CT525 ft31%96 mi
King Pine Ski AreaMadison, NH850 ft17%98 mi

Nashoba Valley Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation440 ft
Base Elevation200 ft
Vertical Drop240 ft
Trails17
(20% Beginner,  47% Intermediate,  33% Expert)
Lifts9
Skiable Acres59
Avg. Annual Snowfall56 inches
Nashoba Valley Mountain Stats
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