[2] A group led by Tom Corcoran opened Waterville Valley 59 years ago in 1966 with four new Stadeli double chairlifts and a J-Bar surface lift.

After filing for bankruptcy protection in the summer of 1994,[4] 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 California-based Booth Creek Ski Holdings in the fall of 1996.

Members of the Sununu family of New Hampshire and a group of area investors purchased the resort in October 2010 and it remains independent.

The 1969 races saw American women take four of the six podium positions, as Kiki Cutter won the slalom for her fourth World Cup win and Judy Nagel took third.

Waterville Valley hosts the "Black and Blue Trail Smashers" (also known as BBTS) ski club, one of the oldest in the USA, founded in 1934.