{"product_id":"smugglers-notch-vermont-mountain-embroidered-patch","title":"Smugglers’ Notch Patch (Named Peaks) — c. 1970s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vintage Smugglers' Notch ski patch from Jeffersonville, Vermont, estimated to date from the 1970s, featuring a jagged green ridgeline running the width of the face with each summit labeled across it: MORSE at the left, MADONNA in the center, STERLING at the right. Round, white ground, blue merrowed border, Smugglers' Notch, VT. in navy script beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe notch got its name from people moving goods over the mountains into Canada back when doing so was a crime — first under the embargo, later under Prohibition, always in winter, always on foot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA modern resort would have built a whole brand on that. Smugglers' has mostly let the name sit there and do its own work, which is a restraint the marketing department of almost nowhere else would have managed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe border runs are still called what they are called, and the stories are still told on the lift, mostly by people who heard them from somebody else.\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":56978779210033,"sku":"RV-VT-036","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/2048\/7473\/files\/ropetow-vintage-co-smugglers-notch-mountain-patch.webp?v=1792339568","url":"https:\/\/ropetowvintage.com\/products\/smugglers-notch-vermont-mountain-embroidered-patch","provider":"Ropetow Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}