Two skiers take a break from skiing on a ski run on Peak 8 at the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. The man wears a striped sweater over a white turtleneck, tan ski pants and no hat. Standing upslope from him is a woman dressed in a red jacket and black ski pants. Her blonde hair is loose and covered with a light blue headband. She wears dark framed sunglasses even though the sky is overcast and cloudy.
A hippie holding a rock sits on a hill overlooking the dredge piles and the town of Breckenridge, Colorado. Looking east from Shock Hill with Bald Mountain in the background. The man has a shoulder length dark hair, a full beard and mustache, and is dressed in jeans, boots and a leather sleeveless vest or tunic over a striped collared shirt.
A man with snowshoes or skis stops to view something in the distance as he ascends through the trees on a mountain slope. He wears a beret, overcoat with scarf and mittens, and pants tucked into high boots. Snowy mountain range in the background. Probably Montezuma or Peru Creek area in Summit County, Colorado.
A 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.
A 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.
A backcountry skier stops to enjoy the view from Boreas Pass of the Breckenridge ski area and the Tenmile Range. Her long blonde hair is pulled into a low ponytail and is covered with a headband.
A skier wearing an off-white wool sweater and black wool ski pants launches into the air after hitting a kicker or hump in the snow. This maneuver is sometimes called "catching air". On a ski trail through the trees at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
A skier wearing a bright red jacket and puff ball hat skis fresh tracks in the deep snow on a ski run through the trees. Probably at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Postcard, a "Colorado SPECTA-VUE" by John Topolnicki. Caption on the reverse: "In the Cool of the Rockies" and "from glaciers, from springs, from rivulets, these playful, crystal clear cascades, born from the heart of mountain peaks, are in reality a sylvan setting, reflecting the myriad visions of serenity in our Colorado Rockies".
A woman smiles as she sits on a piece of board placed across the wooden beams of a mine structure east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1890s. She wears a straw boater style hat, high collared shirtwaist, and ankle length skirt with matching jacket. The jacket has a button front and puffed sleeves. The snow covered peaks of the Tenmile Range are in the background.
Postcard, "Colorado Photography" by John Topolnicki. Scalloped edges. Caption on the reverse includes the four (4) b's Breckenridge logo: "Breckenridge; Colorful Colorado; Off Interstate Hwy. 70 - On Colorado Hwy. 9; The Four Seasons Resort Area" and "From the Boreas Pass road on the Mt. Baldy road, remains in this mining area still hold the visitors interest."
Postcard, "Colorado Photography" by John Topolnicki. Scalloped edges. Caption on the reverse includes the four (4) b's Breckenridge logo: "Arapahoe Basin; Colorful Colorado; 68 miles west of Denver - US-6 Off I-70; 11 miles east of Dillon and I-70 Interchange" and "Located on the Continental Divide at an elevation of 10,800 - 12,500 the highest ski area in the country. Normal season runs from early November well into June. Modern lifts - comfortable double chairs and fast Poma lifts of varying lengths."
Postcard, "Colorado Photography" by John Topolnicki. Scalloped edges. Caption on the reverse includes the four (4) b's Breckenridge logo: "Autumn Along Eagles Nest - Gore Range; Colorado Hwy. 9; Summit County, Colorful Colorado" and "The sublimity of this portion of the range is unconquerable. Located between Interstate Hwy. 70 interchange at Silverthorne and Green Mountain Reservoir, a Colorado State Recreational Area."
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.
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.
