Title quoted from handwritten text on the item: "Breckenridge Ski Area". Shows skiers on Chairlift 1 and Peak 8 base area facilities. The building on the left is the Bergenhof Bar and Restaurant; on the right is Chairlift 1 lift terminal. Parking lots in background.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Postcard, a "Colorado SPECTA-VUE" by John Topolnicki. Caption on the reverse: "Breckenridge Ski Area Off U. S. Highway 6 - On Colorado 9 Colorado - Ski Country U. S. A." and "Breckenridge Ski School Director Trygve Berge in a parallel delayed shoulder turn."
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Looking east over the parking lot at the base of Peak 8 of the Breckenridge Ski Resort in Breckenridge, Colorado, in January 1965. On the roof of the building in the foreground is a red dragon wood shape cut out. "Kodak Paper" manufacturer's backprint.
Two female ski instructors demonstrate to a children's ski school class how to secure the ski pole strap around the wrist. At the base of Peak 8 of the Breckenridge Ski Area, during the 1970-1971 ski season.
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.Chairlift 1 and Bergenhof Bar and Restaurant at the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. Chairlift 1 was constructed by Heron Engineering Company, Inc. and opened in 1961. It started near the Bergenhof and went up Peak 8 to a point above timberline.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Skiers ride Chairlift 1 while other skiers gather in front of the Bergenhof Bar and Restaurant. At the Peak 8 base area of the Breckenridge ski resort in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Skiers ride Chairlift 1 while other skiers gather in front of the Bergenhof Bar and Restaurant. At the Peak 8 base area of the Breckenridge ski resort in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Chairlift 1 on Peak 8 with Spruce at left and Rounder's Run on the right, at the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. Chairlift 1 was constructed by Heron Engineering Company, Inc. and opened in 1961. It started near the Bergenhof Restaurant and went up Peak 8 to a point above timberline. The ski trails, from left to right: Spruce, unnamed run under the chairlift nicknamed Old Lift Line, and Rounder's Run. Far upper left and barely visible through the trees is Callie's Alley, a steep run that descends into Spruce.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Chairlift 2 midway on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski resort in Colorado. Spruce Run at right. Chairlift 2, a Heron double lift, was installed for the 1965-1966 ski season. It ascended over Callie's Alley Run to the top of Peak 8. It was retired in 1997 when Rocky Mountain Chair was built.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Two skiers under Chairlift 2 midway on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski resort in Colorado. Spruce Run at right. Chairlift 2, a Heron double lift, was installed for the 1965-1966 ski season. It ascended over Callie's Alley Run to the top of Peak 8. It was retired in 1997 when Rocky Mountain Chair was built.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Chairlift 2 midway on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski resort in Colorado. Crescendo Run on the left, Spruce Run at right. Chairlift 2, a Heron double lift, was installed for the 1965-1966 ski season. It ascended over Callie's Alley (which drops into Spruce Run) to the top of Peak 8. It was retired in 1997 when Rocky Mountain Chair was built.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Postcard, "Colorado Photography" by John Topolnicki. Caption on the reverse includes the four (4) b's Breckenridge logo: "Breckenridge Ski Area; I-70/US 6 and Colorado 9; Ski Country; Colorado" and "Midway - Peak 8. #2 chair lift to top with Crescendo Run on the left and Spruce Run at right."
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Skiers on the chairlift at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Title quoted from handwritten text on the item: "Daybreak at Breckenridge Ski Area and Breckenridge". Colorado, circa 1967.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A man drives a sled pulled by a team of Siberian Husky dogs through the deep snow off Boreas Pass on Bald Mountain. In the background to the west is a view of the ski runs on Peak 8 at the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Postcard, "Colorado Photography" by John Topolnicki. Caption on the reverse includes the four (4) b's Breckenridge logo: "Dogsled Racing; I-70/US 6 and Colorado 9; Ski Country; Colorado" and "Dog sledding on Boreas Pass with Peak 8 of the Breckenridge Ski Area in the background." One of six detachable postcards folded into a packet.
Postcard, "The Hanging Tree" by John Topolnicki. Scalloped edges. Caption on the reverse includes the four (4) b's Breckenridge logo: "Breckenridge; Colorful Colorado" and "Dogsled racing, a favorite high country sport, as seen in the valleys below Breckenridge mountain ski area."
Topolnicki Sr., John A.