Saskadena Six in South Pomfret, Vermont, holds a major place in American ski history. Its beginnings go back to January 1934, when an improvised rope tow powered by a Ford Model T engine was installed on Clinton Gilbert’s farm and became regarded as the first rope tow in the United States. Wallace “Bunny” Bertram soon improved the operation, later moving it to nearby Hill 6, where the resort opened under the name Suicide Six. The mountain also became important in snowboard history by hosting the first National Snow Surfing Championships in 1982, and in 2022 it adopted the Abenaki name Saskadena, meaning “standing mountain.”

Pomfret, Vermont · USA