Mountain Review: Waterville Valley

Intermediate Terrain

Waterville Valley is at first an intermediate’s mountain, with an in depth number of blue-rated cruisers throughout the resort. The skiers’ left and skiers’ proper sides of Mount Tecumseh are chock filled with groomed intermediate runs, with a handful of enjoyable blue glades additionally obtainable when pure snow circumstances permit. Excessive Nation’s exceptionally extensive footprint is made up solely of intermediate terrain, offering one of the best views on the resort for skiers and riders of this capability degree. Excessive Nation is served solely by t-bar, which tends to scare away numerous guests; nevertheless, this ends in a number of the least tracked slopes on the resort.

Freestyle Terrain

Waterville Valley has a robust freestyle setup that ought to preserve the everyday park rat fairly glad. The resort has a storied historical past as the primary mountain to offer aggressive freestyle instruction, and this legacy carries by to the resort’s builds at present. The mountain has two conventional terrain parks, one small and one massive, with the anticipated packing containers, rails, and jumps. The resort additionally tends to put in momentary pop-up parks with a bit extra distinctive options that are typically smaller in dimension.

Waterville Valley in all probability stands out essentially the most for its two boardercross builds. The primary boardercross was initially designed for the U.S. Boardercross Group, and even at present, it maintains a construct that’s as much as competitors requirements, together with a variety of jumps within the decrease a part of the course. The resort additionally maintains a smaller boardercross designed for novices within the decrease a part of the mountain.

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