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Skiers slide down the slopes to the Bergenhof Bar and Restaurant. The restaurant opened the day before the first official opening of the Breckenridge ski area on December 16, with a party to mark the start of the 1961 season. It was one of three original buildings that made up the Peak 8 base area facilities. It was demolished in 2013.

Title quoted from handwritten text on the item: "Bergenhof Chalet, Breckenridge Ski Area". The Bergenhof restaurant opened the day before the first official opening of the ski area on December 16, with a party to mark the start of the 1961 season. It was one of three original buildings that made up the Peak 8 base area facilities. It was demolished in 2013. The facility on the right is the ski lift terminal for Chairlift 1.

Title quoted from handwritten text on the item: "Bergenhof Chalet, Breckenridge Ski Area". The Bergenhof restaurant opened the day before the first official opening of the ski area on December 16, with a party to mark the start of the 1961 season. It was one of three original buildings that made up the Peak 8 base area facilities. It was demolished in 2013. The facility on the right is the ski lift terminal for Chairlift 1.

Postcard, "Colorado Photography" by John Topolnicki. Scalloped edges. Caption on the reverse includes the four (4) b's Breckenridge logo: "Bergenhof Chalet; Breckenridge Mountain Ski Area; Off U S Highway 6 - On Colorado 9; Ski Country; Colorado" and "Rest and Refresh at the Bergenhof. Catch the view from the sundeck. Then back up the slopes again. The whole Valley below - a panorama of beauty long remembered."

Postcard, "The Hanging Tree" by John Topolnicki. Scalloped edges. Caption on the reverse: "Bergenhof Chalet; Breckenridge Mountain Ski Area; Off I-70, U.S. 6 - On Colorado 9; Ski Country; Colorado" and "Rest and Refresh at the Bergenhof. Catch the view from the sundeck. Then back up the slopes again. The whole valley below - a panorama of beauty long remembered."

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 "Base Area facilities with Bergenhof at right and Peak 8 slopes in background. Degree of difficulty - Beginner - Intermediate and Advanced." One of six detachable postcards folded into a packet.

Blue Lake, a high alpine lake on the north side of Quandary Peak. Wheeler Mountain and Fletcher Mountain are visible in the distance. South of Breckenridge, Colorado.

Postcard, "Colorado Windows" by John Topolnicki. Scalloped edges. Caption on the reverse includes the Keystone Ski Area logo: "Keystone Ski Area; 72 mi. west of Denver - I-70/US-6; 5 mi. east of Dillon" and "One of Keystone's many broad ski-ways, (Bobtail) - groomed for skiers pleasures - amidst the tall timbers."

Golden yellow autumn colors of aspen trees on Boreas Pass road with a view of Quandary Peak, Mount Helen and Peak 10 of the Tenmile Range in the background. In the valley below is Goose Pasture Tarn Lake, located south of Breckenridge, Colorado, near the town of Blue River. Photograph was taken probably after Goose Pasture Tarn dam was constructed in 1965.

Golden yellow autumn colors of aspen trees on Boreas Pass road with a view of Quandary Peak, Mount Helen and Peak 10 of the Tenmile Range in the background. In the valley below is Goose Pasture Tarn Lake, located south of Breckenridge, Colorado, near the town of Blue River. Photograph was taken probably after Goose Pasture Tarn dam was constructed in 1965.

Boreas Pass Road with a view of Quandary Peak, the highest summit and only fourteener of the Tenmile Range, and Fletcher Mountain.

Boreas Pass Road with the Tenmile Range in view. The dirt road was built on the Denver, South Park and Pacific narrow gauge rail roadbed. Southeast of the town of Breckenridge, Colorado.

View of the town of Breckenridge at dawn. Looking southeast with snow-covered Bald Mountain in the background.

Title quoted from handwritten text on the item: "Breckenridge Ski Area and Breckenridge at Dawn". Colorado, circa 1967.

Breckenridge ski area facilities and parking lot at the base of Peak 8. The buildings, from left to right: ski school meeting place, operations building and ticket office (nicknamed "Ullrhom") and a ski shop. The practice hill and T-bar lift (a type of surface lift usually found on beginner ski slopes) are east of the facilities and parking lot. On January 10, 1966 the recently completed Ullrhom building exploded, killing one man and injuring 12 others. The cause was a suspected propane gas leak.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.