Haystack Patch (Green & Blue H) — c. 1970s-80s

A vintage Haystack ski patch from Wilmington, Vermont, probably late 1970s or early 80s, featuring a single blue block H large enough to fill the entire face, set on kelly green inside a blue merrowed border. HAYSTACK runs in blue caps along a green strip at the bottom. Square with rounded corners, and still in a clear sleeve.

Deerfield Valley skiing from the stretch when Haystack was a mountain you could simply drive to, park at, and buy a ticket for, like any other hill in southern Vermont.

A single letter as a logo was a confident move for a mountain that size. It assumes you already know which H it is.

The Deerfield Valley had four ski areas operating within about fifteen miles of each other at one point, which was more than the available population could support and became obvious to everyone involved about twenty years too late.

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