Wachusett Mountain Ski Area & Wachusett Village Inn Stories for every season

Members of the media looking for interesting travel-related story ideas don’t have to look any further than Wachusett Mountain in Princeton, Ma. or the Wachusett Village Inn in Westminster. In the heart of Central Massachusetts -- just minutes from Boston, Worcester and Providence – we have ideal mountain settings for a variety of year- round feature stories or photographs. Here’s a few ideas. For more information, please contact Tom Meyers, Marketing Director, 978-464-2789 or tom@wachusett.com

LIFESTYLE
Learn to Be a Ski Instructor -- The Instructor Training Course at Wachusett Mountain offers people interested in teaching skiing or snowboarding a chance to not only improve their abilities but to share their love for the sport with others.
Wachusett School Program Earns High Marks -- Drawing children from four New England states, the successful Wachusett Mountain School Program is one of the largest in the United States with an estimated 10,000 students from 165 schools participating weekly from January to March.
Night Moves at Wachusett – Wachusett’s night racing league is known across the country as one of the largest, most successful and most competitive programs of its kind. Approximately 100 racers per week come from as far away as Boston, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire to be part of the competition.

TRAVEL/An eight-hour Vacation
Get Away Without Getting Away – With mountain skiing and a charming country atmosphere, Wachusett Mountain and the Wachusett Village Inn offer the rural appeal of northern New England just minutes from Boston, Worcester or Providence.
We Guarantee Snow! We make it. -- Many times when there's no snow in nearby Worcester, Boston or Providence, there's plenty of snow at Wachusett Mountain. With 100 % snowmaking and grooming two times a day, Wachusett backs up its conditions with its “Unconditional Conditions Guarantee.”

ENVIRONMENTAL
Public/Private Partnership - Wachusett Mountain Ski Area operates in conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation -- a model for successful private/public partnerships
Old Growth Forest - Wachusett Mountain enjoys the largest stand of Old Growth Forest in Massachusetts. Take a look at this unique natural resource.
Stewards of the Land – Wachusett Mountain Ski Area has won national awards for its innovative environmental programs.

BUSINESS
Polar Beverage and the Crowley Family -- Wachusett Mountain Ski Area is locally owned and operated by the Crowley family, owners of the Polar Beverage Company – the most successful independent soft drink bottler in the United States.
Mountain Suites – Wachusett Mountain Ski Area offers 6 Mountain Suites in its base lodge last year. Modeled after luxury boxes in professional sports arenas, Wachusett is the only ski area in the USA to offer this unique type of facility.
Hollywood Comes to Wachusett - Wachusett Mountain was the site of 2 Hollywood movies - "Shallow Hal" in 2001 and "The Legend of Lucy Keyes" in 2004

Contact: Tom Meyers, Marketing Director, Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, 499 Mountain Rd., Princeton, Massachusetts 01541 (978) 464-2300 Fax: (978) 464-8054 www.wachusett.com tom@wachusett.com