Skiing

While it will never be confused with Vermont’s [1] larger ski resorts, Suicide Six Ski Area (802/457-6661, www.suicide6.com [2]) has two dozen or so trails ranging from beginner to double-diamond. Now owned and operated by the Woodstock Inn, the resort has a double-chair lift and a beginners area with a J-bar lift.

Also affiliated with the inn, the Woodstock Inn & Resort’s Nordic Center (Rte. 106/Cross St., 802/457-6674, www.woodstockinn.com [3], $16 adult, $12 child) has one of the best networks of cross-country-skiing trails in Vermont [1]. More than 30 miles of trails marked easy, intermediate, and advanced weave up and around Woodstock’s [4] two mountains, Mount Tom and Mount Peg. The center also grooms trails for snowshoeing and winter hiking, and has skis and snowshoes for rent ($20 adult, $14 child per day).