Interview with Robert Atchison conducted 2018-12-01. This interview focuses on how Mrs. Rounds got the Norwegian Ski Team to come to Breckenridge and work at the ski school. He also discusses the ski area's various names and logos in the early days of operations.
Atchison, RobertPart one of a two-part interview with Cheryl and Jim Beck conducted 2018-11-17. Jim first came to Breckenridge a couple weeks after the ski area originally opened in 1961-62. He competed in a ski race and swore he'd never come back. In late-1963, he moved to Breckenridge and began working at an excavating company.
Beck, CherylInterview with Trygve Berge conducted 2019-01-18. Berge originally came to Breckenridge in spring 1960. He had met Bill Rounds in Aspen, and after Bill's father passed away, Bill invited Berge to the area to check out his lumber company. Berge decided to move to Breckenridge shortly after his son was born in the summer of 1960. His family stayed in Aspen while he worked on a place to live. He initially began working in the lumber yard and stayed in a house on Main Street. He would then help to develop the ski area.
Berge, TrygveInterview with Win Lockwood conducted 2018-01-19. Lockwood first came to Breckenridge in December 1967 for a ski trip. In 1969, a friend told Lockwood he should move to Breckenridge after Aspen purchased the ski area in December.
Lockwood, WinInterview with Nick and Mary Logan conducted 2019-04-26. Nick first came to Breckenridge in 1968 at 20 years old. He started working with Trygve Berge at Berge's ski shop. Mary came to Breckenridge in January 1973 after teaching skiing at Eldora. She quickly began working for the ski school in Breckenridge. She then became a ski patroller.
Logan, NickInterview with Jim Felton conducted 2019-07-25. Felton first came to Breckenridge in 1982 after graduating from the University of Iowa. He began working at the Keystone Ranch Golf Course. Then he eventually began working for the radio station in the news department.
Felton, JimInterview with Elwood "Chip" Barrett conducted 2019-10-08. Barrett first came to Breckenridge in 1976 at 19 years old. He hitchhiked to the area from Philadelphia. He got into town on July 4, 1976, and then went skiing at Fourth of July Bowl. Barrett briefly moved back to Philadelphia before again hitchhiking back to Breckenridge in 1977.
Barrett, Elwood "Chip"Florence Winslow holding ski poles poses in the snow on her wooden skis. She is warmly dressed in a wool cap, gloves, and collared wool coat over baggy, knee-length "knickerbockers", woolen tights and laced, mid-calf leather boots. Probably in Breckenridge, Colorado, circa 1916-1917.
UnidentifiedA 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 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.Little Johnny ski run on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. Little Johnny was named after John Sheron (commonly known as Little John), a chairlift attendant and well-known local bartender, primarily at the Gold Pan Saloon on Main Street.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Breckenridge Ski Area ski school director Trygve Berge executes a front somersault on skis while a group of ski school students and instructors (wearing red ski jackets) watch from the trail's side.
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. 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.Lange Cup professional ski race on Spruce Run at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Rounder's Run, a ski trail on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. Rounder's was named after the resort's first developer, Bill Rounds (nicknamed Rounder). It was one of five original ski trails when the resort opened in 1961. Rounder's Run was rated expert or advanced due to its challenging terrain.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Skiers on the chairlift at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Skiers stand in line for Chairlift 2 midway on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski resort in Colorado. Crescendo Run on the left and 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.Skiers on a ski trail or run, possibly Crescendo or Swinger, at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Ski School Director Trygve Berge skiing down a run on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area. Berge was co-director with Sigurd Rockne beginning in 1961. After Rockne left, he continued to run the ski school until 1970 when Aspen Skiing Company purchased the ski area.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.