King Ridge, Mountain Outline — c. 1980s

A vintage King Ridge ski patch, estimated to date from the 1980s, with two peaks drawn in a thin blue line and a green trail stitched down the face. King Ridge in bold blue italics, a tiny crown perched on the i. A white rectangle with a royal blue edge, neat and legible, built for a brochure and a trail map.

This is late King Ridge: clean, a little corporate, the crown shrunk to an afterthought. Snowmaking had finally arrived, and in 1986 a new triple replaced the old Eastside T-bar. 

It didn't save it. The banks foreclosed after the 1992–93 season, and in June 1995 the area sold at auction for $785,000. The lifts went elsewhere, one triple to Ragged Mountain and one to King Pine.

The developer deeded 441 acres to the town of Sutton. It's the King Hill Reservation now, open for hiking and backcountry skiing. People still ski it. They just have to climb first.

Embroidered on twill, merrowed edge. Photos are the condition report.