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cou-bha JTS.001-002-081 · Item · circa 1960s
Part of John A. Topolnicki Sr. Photographic Collection

An instructor demonstrates to ski school students how to walk uphill in skis at the base of an unidentified ski area in Colorado. The instructor wears a light blue jacket and black ski pants. In the background is a parking lot filled with cars, and a ski lodge building.

Topolnicki Sr., John A.
cou-bha BHA.0021-001 · Item · 1964
Part of Love Family Collection

Aerial oblique photograph taken in 1964 shows the town of Breckenridge, Colorado and the Breckenridge Ski Area on Peak 8. Photographic print mounted on board. Quoted from text handwritten on the back of the board: "For Andy Love - To remember his summer of labor on the mountain - 1964! Sincerely, S[illegible] Catlin, Pres. Breckenridge Lands Inc." Also on the board backing is a round Breckenridge Lands Inc. sticker with the mountain sunburst B logo.

Unidentified
Young Photograph Collection
cou-bha BHA.0002 · Collection · 1965

Photographs taken in January 1965 by Gregory Young while on a ski trip to Breckenridge with his college fraternity.

Young, Gregory
cou-bha JTS.001-001-001-051 · Item · 1966
Part of John A. Topolnicki Sr. Photographic Collection

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.

Topolnicki Sr., John A.
cou-bha JTS.001-003-044 · Item · 1966
Part of John A. Topolnicki Sr. Photographic Collection

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 facilities from the left to right. Bergenhof - #1 Chair lift terminal - Ullr building and Administrative Offices. Parking lots in background and loaded chair in foreground."

Topolnicki Sr., John A.
cou-bha JTS.001-002-021 · Item · 1967
Part of John A. Topolnicki Sr. Photographic Collection

Title quoted from handwritten text on the item: "The Ullrhom, Breckenridge Ski Area". Skiers gather outside the operations building at the Peak 8 base of the ski area, where the lift ticket offices, rental shop and lunch room was located. The building was nicknamed the "Ullrhom" in honor of "Ullr", Nordic patron saint of skiers. In 1966 a propane leak at the Ullr Holm caused an explosion resulting in the death of one man and injuring 12 others. The slide transparency support/holder is dated February 1967; the photograph was probably taken before 1966.

Topolnicki Sr., John A.
cou-bha JTS.001-002-028 · Item · 1967
Part of John A. Topolnicki Sr. Photographic Collection

Title quoted from handwritten text on the item: "View from Springmeyer, Breckenridge Ski Area". Looking east on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. The ski run was named after Mr. Alva Springmeyer, a Breckenridge resident circa 1940s-1950s, although it was misspelled as Springmeier.

Topolnicki Sr., John A.
cou-bha JTS.001-002-026 · Item · 1967
Part of John A. Topolnicki Sr. Photographic Collection

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.

Topolnicki Sr., John A.
cou-bha JTS.001-002-018 · Item · 1967
Part of John A. Topolnicki Sr. Photographic Collection

Title quoted from handwritten text on the item: "View of Ego Lane from Bergenhof Terrace". The Bergenhof cafeteria or restaurant was located in the Peak 8 base area of the Breckenridge ski resort in Colorado. Ski runs higher up the slope are (left to right): Spruce, Rounder's Run, and Little Johnny.

Topolnicki Sr., John A.