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  • Suicide Six
    Woodstock, Vermont
    Suicide Six (2003)
    Suicide Six (2003)
    Suicide Six Details
    Status:Open
    First Year of Operation:1936
    Vertical Drop:650 feet
    Lifts in Operation:2 doubles, surface lift
    Lifts Removed/Non Operational:Surface lifts
    Suicide Six was opened by rope tow pioneer Bunny Bertram in 1936. The steep ski area's name came from remarks about what skiing it (Hill Number 6) would be like.

    Bertram sold the ski area to Laurance Rockefeller in 1961. Rockefeller's RockResorts, Inc. would market it with his other nearby ski area, Mt. Tom, until the latter closed in the late 1970s.

    In the mid to late 1970s, Suicide Six installed three brand new lifts, including two double chairlifts.

    The ski area was spun off from RockResorts, Inc. prior to the corporation being sold to CSX in the 1980s.


    Suicide Six
    Suicide Six

    Lift Timeline
    SeasonLift NameTypeEventNotes
    1970s
    1978-791,600 FootPoma Double ChairliftInstalledNew install
    1977-78J-BarBorvig J-BarInstalledNew install
    1977-78NovicePoma liftRemoved after seasonNew install
    1975-762,000 FootBorvig Double ChairliftInstalledNew install
    1974-752,000 FootPoma liftRemoved after season 
    1960s
    1964-65NovicePoma liftInstalledNew install
    1950s
    1953-542,000 FootPoma liftInstalled 

    Ticket Price History
    Weekend Full Day Lift Ticket
    Season Price Source
    2010s
    2011-12$64.00Graphwoodstockinn.com  
    2009-10$59.00Graphwoodstockinn.com  
    2000s
    2008-09$57.00Graphwoodstockinn.com  
    2007-08$55.00Graphwoodstockinn.com  
    2006-07$52.00Graphwoodstockinn.com  
    2005-06$52.00Graphwoodstockinn.com  
    2004-05$50.00Graphwoodstockinn.com  
    2003-04$48.00Graphwoodstockinn.com  
    2002-03$46.00Graphwoodstockinn.com  
    2001-02$46.00Graphwoodstockinn.com  
    2000-01$42.00Graphwoodstockinn.com  
    1999-00$40.00GraphBoston Magazine  
    1990s
    1998-99$38.00Graphwoodstockinn.com  
    1960s
    1967-68$4.50GraphEastern Ski Atlas  
    1963-64$4.50GraphBuxton's Eastern Ski Slopes  
    1962-63$4.50GraphBuxton's Eastern Ski Slopes  

    Vintage Ads
    Suicide Six ad in the 1958 Eastern Ski Map
    Suicide Six ad in the 1958 Eastern Ski Map
    Click here to see more Suicide Six vintage advertisements



    External Links
  • Suicide Six - official site
  • Last updated: April 17, 2012


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