Black / Wildcat / Cranmore, Three-Mountain Roundel — c. 1970s

A vintage Big E tri-ticket patch — Black, Wildcat and Cranmore — probably 1970s, divided into three wedges: blue for Black with a chairlift, yellow for Wildcat with a gondola car, pink for Cranmore with a small car climbing its track. The border is dyed thread cycling through every color the mill had that day.

For the 1963–64 season the three mountains of the Mount Washington Valley teamed up as the "Big E" and sold a Tri-Ticket. Five days cost $22. One ticket, three mountains, one long valley between them, and a week of deciding.

Each brought its best lift to the patch. Wildcat's gondola opened in January 1958, billed as the first of its kind in the country. Cranmore's Skimobile had been hauling skiers up on little cars since 1938. Black brought a chair.

Three competitors who decided the valley was the product. Ski areas still don't do that very often. This patch is the paperwork for the deal.

Woven, merrowed edge. Photos are the condition report.