Two skiers take a break from skiing on a ski run on Peak 8 at the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. The man wears a striped sweater over a white turtleneck, tan ski pants and no hat. Standing upslope from him is a woman dressed in a red jacket and black ski pants. Her blonde hair is loose and covered with a light blue headband. She wears dark framed sunglasses even though the sky is overcast and cloudy.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Ski trails on a mountain slope, at an unidentified ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Ski trails on a mountain slope, at an unidentified ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Erich Windisch, wearing a headband, black ski pants and a red V-neck sweater over a white turtleneck, skis down a run at Arapahoe Basin ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier is covered in snow after falling down on her skis on a ski run at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. One loose ski is uphill but the other ski remains attached to her boot. Her long blonde hair is pulled into a low ponytail. She wears a dark red ski sweater over a white turtleneck and coordinating dark red ski pants.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier stops to enjoy the view from above the terminus of a chairlift, probably Chairlift 1 on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. Chairlift 1 started at the base of Peak 8, near the Bergenhof Restaurant, and went up the slope to a point about 500 feet above tree line or timberline.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier stops to enjoy the view from above the terminus of a chairlift, probably Chairlift 1 on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. Chairlift 1 started at the base of Peak 8, near the Bergenhof Restaurant, and went up the slope to a point about 500 feet above tree line or timberline.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A backcountry skier stops to enjoy the view from Boreas Pass of the Breckenridge ski area and the Tenmile Range. Her long blonde hair is pulled into a low ponytail and is covered with a headband.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier make some turns down a run on Peak 8 while another skier is stopped uphill on the snowy slope. At the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier is airborne after hitting a jump or hump in the snow on a ski run at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. This maneuver is sometimes called "catching air".
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier wearing an off-white wool sweater and black wool ski pants launches into the air after hitting a kicker or hump in the snow. This maneuver is sometimes called "catching air". On a ski trail through the trees at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier wearing a bright red jacket and puff ball hat skis fresh tracks in the deep snow on a ski run through the trees. Probably at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier wearing a bright red jacket and puff ball hat makes first tracks in the fresh deep snow on a ski run through the trees. Probably at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Ski tracks are visible on a snowy, steep slope with trees at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A woman wearing a red and white Nordic-patterned sweater and dark framed sunglasses is reclined on skis supported by ski poles stuck in very deep snow. Her long blonde hair is pulled into a low pony tail, covered with a headband. The photograph was probably taken somewhere on Boreas Pass, east of Breckenridge. In the background is a view of the ski runs on Peak 8 at the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Ski trails on a mountain slope with alpenglow (rosy light of a setting or rising sun seen on high mountains). At an unidentified ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Title quoted from handwritten text on the item: "Breckenridge Ski Area and Breckenridge at Dawn". Colorado, circa 1967.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Title quoted from handwritten text on the item: "Breckenridge Slopes from Boreas Road". View of the ski runs on Peak 8 at the Breckenridge ski area. East of Breckenridge, Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Title quoted from handwritten text on the item: "Breckenridge Slopes in Ten Mile Range". View looking west from Boreas Pass and Bald Mountain, near Breckenridge, Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Skiers gather in the Peak 8 base area outside or on the deck of the Bergenhof Bar and Restaurant at Breckenridge ski area in Breckenridge, Colorado. The Bergenhof was one of three original buildings that made up the Peak 8 base area in the 1960s. It was demolished in 2013. Chairlift 1 is in the foreground.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.