A Colorado Specta-Vues postcard by Rock Hillendale. Captioned on the reverse: "Peak 8 Ski Area - Breckenridge, Colorful Colorado - Rounder's Run and Ego Lane in the shadow of magnificent (13,100') Peak 8."
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Ski runs
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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 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.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.View of the Peak 8 ski runs at Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. In the foreground a pair of snowshoes sink into deep, powdery snow. Probably taken from somewhere on Boreas Pass to the east.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.The sun is beginning to set as skiers ride the chairlift on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. The summit of Peak 8 is in view.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Chairlift 1 and Bergenhof Bar and Restaurant at the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. Chairlift 1 was constructed by Heron Engineering Company, Inc. and opened in 1961. It started near the Bergenhof and went up Peak 8 to a point above timberline.
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.The town of Breckenridge with a view of the ski runs on Peak 8 of Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. In the foreground are dredge rock piles or tailings leftover from gold dredging operations.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Pine trees cast long shadows on the snowy slopes at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Postcard, a "Colorado SPECTA-VUE" by John Topolnicki. Caption on the reverse: "Breckenridge Ski Area Off U. S. Highway 6 - On Colorado 9 Colorado - Ski Country U. S. A." and "19 excellent runs for skiers of all abilities - over 200 miles of well-groomed slopes, trails and powder runs. 3 double chair lifts and 3 T-bar lifts."
Topolnicki Sr., John A.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 "Midway - Peak 8. #2 chair lift to top with Crescendo Run on the left and Spruce Run at right."
Topolnicki Sr., John A.