{"product_id":"crotched-mountain-ski-area-signboard-c-1970s","title":"Crotched Mountain Ski Area, Signboard — c. 1970s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vintage Crotched Mountain Ski Area patch, probably 1970s, built around a cream signboard notched at the top — the sign at the end of the access road, stitched in miniature. “Crotched Mountain Ski Area” in red inside it, on a red field cut as a stretched octagon with a cream border.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ski Area\" is doing honest work there. Not a resort, not a mountain experience. It had lifts, trails and a lodge, and it said so.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSkier visits peaked in 1987–88, at about 117,000. Two winters later the company was in bankruptcy. The sign on the patch never mentions any of that. Signs don't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmbroidered on twill, merrowed edge. Photos are the condition report.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ropetow Vintage Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57109896003889,"sku":"RV-NH-176","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/2048\/7473\/files\/crotched-mountain-05.jpg?v=1792925851","url":"https:\/\/ropetowvintage.com\/products\/crotched-mountain-ski-area-signboard-c-1970s","provider":"Ropetow Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}