Nashoba Valley
Nashoba Valley is a ski area located in the state of Massachusetts in USA. The resort is in the town of Boxborough, MA.
We recently ranked all of Massachusetts's ski resorts, so you can see where Nashoba Valley stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
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 work 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 (1.4 meters) of snowfall a year.
Total Runs
17
Lifts
9
Skiable Acres
59(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
56"(142 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.
Summit Elevation
440'(134 m)
Vertical Drop
240'(73 m)
Base Elevation
200'(61 m)
Nashoba Valley Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
37.4out of 100
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 a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 20% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 80%.
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.
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%.
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.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan International Airport | BOS | Boston, MA | 26 mi |
| Theodore Francis Green State Airport | PVD | Providence, RI | 52 mi |
| Portland International Jetport | PWM | Portland, ME | 100 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.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester Regional Airport | ORH | Worcester, MA | 25 mi |
| Manchester-Boston Regional Airport | MHT | Manchester, NH | 31 mi |
| Portsmouth International at Pease Airport | PSM | Portsmouth, NH | 53 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.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ski Butternut | Great Barrington, MA | 1,800 ft | 40% | 8 mi |
| Ski Ward | Shrewsbury, MA | 410 ft | 25% | 8 mi |
| Wachusett Mountain Ski Area | Princeton, MA | 2,006 ft | 41% | 20 mi |
| Blue Hills Ski Area | Canton, MA | 635 ft | 24% | 26 mi |
| Ski Bradford | Haverhill, MA | 1,548 ft | 31% | 29 mi |
| Gunstock Mountain | Kingston, NH | 2,267 ft | 50% | 36 mi |
| McIntyre Ski Area | Manchester, NH | 510 ft | 18% | 36 mi |
| Crotched Mountain | Bennington, NH | 2,066 ft | 43% | 40 mi |
| Dartmouth Skiway | Concord, NH | 1,943 ft | 41% | 50 mi |
| Pats Peak | Henniker, NH | 1,400 ft | 34% | 50 mi |
| Stowe Mountain | West Halifax, VT | 4,395 ft | 59% | 66 mi |
| Yawgoo Valley | Exeter, RI | 315 ft | 24% | 66 mi |
| Mount Sunapee | Newbury, NH | 2,743 ft | 45% | 67 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | Andover, NH | 2,250 ft | 44% | 70 mi |
| Blandford | Blandford, MA | 1,685 ft | 25% | 76 mi |
| Mount Snow | Somerset, VT | 3,600 ft | 47% | 80 mi |
| Magic Mountain | Londonderry, VT | 2,850 ft | 54% | 82 mi |
| Stratton Mountain | Winhall, VT | 3,875 ft | 47% | 84 mi |
| Otis Ridge Ski Area | Otis, MA | 1,700 ft | 35% | 85 mi |
| Berkshire East | Charlemont, MA | 1,840 ft | 45% | 86 mi |
| Okemo Mountain | Ludlow, VT | 3,344 ft | 54% | 89 mi |
| Bromley Mountain | Peru, VT | 3,284 ft | 44% | 90 mi |
| Bousquet Mountain | Pittsfield, MA | 1,818 ft | 48% | 91 mi |
| Jiminy Peak | Hancock, MA | 2,380 ft | 46% | 92 mi |
| Loon Mountain | Lincoln, NH | 3,050 ft | 51% | 94 mi |
| Mt. Southington | Plantsville, CT | 525 ft | 32% | 96 mi |
| King Pine Ski Area | Madison, NH | 850 ft | 17% | 98 mi |
Nashoba Valley Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 440 ft |
| Base Elevation | 200 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 240 ft |
| Trails | 17 (20% Beginner, 47% Intermediate, 33% Expert) |
| Lifts | 9 |
| Skiable Acres | 59 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 56 inches |