Waterville Valley Resort

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Waterville Valley Resort
The High Country area
Location:	Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, US
Nearest city:	Plymouth
Runs:	52
Lift system:	7 chairs: 2 High Speed Quads, 2 Triples, 3 Doubles, 5 Surface Lifts
Snowmaking:	100%
Web site:	Waterville Valley Resort

Coordinates: 43°57′55″N 71°31′40″W / 43.96528, -71.52778 Waterville Valley is a ski resort in the White Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire. The resort's motto is "Altitude without the Attitude". Built on Mount Tecumseh (elev. 4,003), the ski trails offer a vertical drop of 2,020 feet and eleven lifts, including two high-speed quads. The resort, operated by Booth Creek, is located in the town of Waterville Valley, New Hampshire.

[edit] History

Waterville Valley opened by a group led by Tom Corcoran in 1966 with four new Staedeli double chairlifts and a J-Bar surface lift. Of the original chairlifts, the High Country and Lower Meadows still remain.

Over the next few decades, three Staedeli triple chairlifts would be installed, including World Cup Triple in 1985.

In 1988, a Poma high speed detachable quad chairlift was installed, running parallel to the World Cup Triple and High Country Double chairlifts. Due to wind issues, the upper portion of this lift was later removed. As a result, the top portion of the ski area is only served by the High Country Double chairlift.

Waterville Valley was briefly owned by the American Skiing Company in the mid 1990s. Due to anti-trust issues, Waterville and Cranmore Mountain Resort were sold to Booth Creek Holdings in the fall of 1996.

In 1997, a Doppelmayr high speed detachable quad chairlift was installed, known as "Quadzilla."