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.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Photomechanical print of a photograph by John Topolnicki shows Erich Windisch skiing at Arapahoe Basin ski area in Summit County, Colorado. Stamped on the reverse: "Colorado Photography - Topolnicki".
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Erich Windisch, wearing a headband, black ski pants and a red V-neck sweater over a white turtleneck, skis down a run at Arapahoe Basin ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.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 "Sun, fun and powder snow. One of Ski Country's major ski areas. Spring snow conditions are best in late April and May. Undulating open slopes above timberline - protected from the prevailing west winds by a natural bowl and steep west wall."
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Postcard, "The Hanging Tree" by John Topolnicki. Scalloped edges. Caption on the reverse: "From November into May, America's finest skiing is on the powder snow slopes of the high, sunny Colorado Rockies." Arapahoe Basin ski area.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier is covered in snow after falling down on her skis on a ski run at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. One loose ski is uphill but the other ski remains attached to her boot. Her long blonde hair is pulled into a low ponytail. She wears a dark red ski sweater over a white turtleneck and coordinating dark red ski pants.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.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.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.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.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.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.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier wearing an off-white wool sweater buttoned up the front and black wool ski pants lands a ski jump after skiing off a snow cornice (an overhanging edge of snow on a ridge). On a ski trail at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Photomechanical print of a photograph by John Topolnicki shows a skier airborne after launching off a snow cornice (overhanging edge of snow on a ridge) on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. Stamped: "Colorado Photography Topolnicki".
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier is airborne after launching off a snow cornice (overhanging edge of snow on a ridge) on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. The skier is wearing a black or dark blue wool ski sweater over a white turtleneck and blue wool ski pants. Holding metal ski poles, his arms are thrust behind him to achieve more momentum.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier wearing an off-white wool sweater and black wool ski pants launches into the air after hitting a snow cornice (overhanging edge of snow on a ridge). This maneuver is sometimes called "catching air". On the Peak 8 slopes of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier make some turns down a run on Peak 8 while another skier is stopped uphill on the snowy slope. At the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
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.A skier wearing an off-white wool sweater and black wool ski pants is airborne after hitting a kicker or hump in the snow. This maneuver is sometimes called "catching air". Holding metal ski poles, the skier's arms are outstretched, and knees pulled up high in a crouched position. On a ski trail through the trees at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.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.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.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.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier wearing a bright red jacket and puff ball hat makes first tracks in the fresh deep snow on a ski run through the trees. Probably 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.