View looking south on snowy Main Street in Breckenridge. In the right foreground is the National Saloon building, built in 1862.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Snowy landscape at sunset with a view (from left to right) of Peak 2 (known as Tenmile Peak), Peak 1, Mount Victoria and Mount Royal of the Tenmile Range in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.View of the town of Breckenridge and snow-covered dredge piles left behind by gold dredging operations. Looking east from Shock Hill, with Bald Mountain in the background.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Abandoned mine structures at the Jessie Mine and Mill site in Gold Run Gulch north of Breckenridge, Colorado. The Jessie operated from 1885 into the 1930s and was one of the largest gold, silver and lead mine and mill complexes in the Breckenridge area.
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.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.A view of the Peak 8 ski runs at 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.On Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area, a woman smiles as she reclines on her skis supported by the straps of her ski poles stuck upright in the snow. She is dressed in a yellow cable sweater, dark blue or black ski pants and black ski boots. Her white-framed sunglasses shield her eyes from the bright sun reflecting off the snow.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A woman reclining on skis supported by ski poles stuck in the snow looks to the side and smiles at the camera. She is dressed in a yellow cable sweater, dark blue or black ski pants and black ski boots. Her white framed sunglasses are propped up on her head. Peak 8 at 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.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.A man and a young girl or boy ride Chairlift 1 on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. The man wears a red zip up ski jacket and black ski pants. His sunglasses are propped up on his hat. The child next to him wears ski goggles and a red and white knit hat. Both are wearing leather lace up ski boots and skis. Other skiers fill the chairs behind them.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier carves some turns down the middle portion of Spruce Run on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Ego Lane ski run on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. Rated as an easy run for beginner skiers, Ego Lane was the continuation of Spruce Run, an expert level ski trail.
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.Deep snow-covered slopes with pine trees, at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
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.Frost-covered trees and tall grasses, somewhere in a mountain valley, probably near Breckenridge, Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.People are dressed in costumes for a party or event in Breckenridge - probably Ullr Dag Festival.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.