{"product_id":"king-ridge-black-roundel-c-1960s","title":"King Ridge, Black Roundel — c. 1960s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vintage King Ridge ski patch, estimated to date from the 1960s, featuring a red skier sweeping across the base of a yellow crown in one long arc. KING RIDGE arched in yellow over a round black field. The yellow thread is thick enough to stand up off the cloth, and the skier is moving fast enough to leave a wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1972 King Ridge installed the first triple chairlift in New Hampshire. Three to a chair meant a small hill off I-89 could move a weekend crowd, and King Ridge had one. By about 1970 it was taking weekend reservations because too many people were showing up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSnow was the problem. There was no snowmaking until an experimental system in 1981–82, and a run of thin winters piled up the debt. Ski areas without snowmaking were betting on the sky, and the sky didn't always pay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis patch is from before any of that, when the only thing anyone had to worry about was the line.\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":57109896266033,"sku":"RV-NH-184","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/2048\/7473\/files\/king-ridge-03.jpg?v=1792925849","url":"https:\/\/ropetowvintage.com\/products\/king-ridge-black-roundel-c-1960s","provider":"Ropetow Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}