Suicide Six, Woodstock VT

Suicide Six is a great place. Maybe it helped that I arrived within a couple of days of a 10 inch snowstorm topped off with another 5 inches the night before. The groomed trails were as smooth as butter and as quiet as could be without a hint of ice.

First I boarded the "Face" and then the suicidal, "Showoff", which must have been the run which earned the ski area it's name. It's a short run, but basically a precipice leading to the lodge.

I enjoyed the tiny bowl full of untracked powder on Bourdon's Bowl over and over. Then off to the grand Gully - a splendid ungroomed 10 acre meadow of powder on top of the mountain. What a blast. It felt like a back country playground for beginners and intermediates.