{"product_id":"vintage-sugarloaf-usa-embroidered-mountain-patch","title":"Sugarloaf USA Mountain Patch (Cream \u0026 Blue) — c. 1970s-80s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vintage Sugarloaf\/USA ski patch, probably late 1970s or early 80s, a triangle on navy with a navy merrowed border — a gold outlined peak rising inside it and sugarloaf\/usa in gold lowercase at the base. Faded and fuzzed across the face from wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe USA came along to distinguish it from Sugarloaf, Michigan — a straightforward piece of housekeeping that has since aged into something that reads like a boast the mountain never intended to make.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt stuck anyway. Two letters of administrative necessity, now permanently part of the name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMichigan's Sugarloaf, for the record, has itself closed. Which means two letters added purely to avoid confusion now distinguish a working mountain from an empty one, and nobody at either end has ever thought to take them off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmbroidered on twill, merrowed edge, faded with wear. Photos are the condition report.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ropetow Vintage Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55524387750193,"sku":"RV-ME-132","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/2048\/7473\/files\/ropetow-vintage-co-sugarloaf-mountain-patch.webp?v=1785541868","url":"https:\/\/ropetowvintage.com\/products\/vintage-sugarloaf-usa-embroidered-mountain-patch","provider":"Ropetow Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}