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.

Photomechanical print of a photograph by John Topolnicki shows a skier named Erich Windisch at Arapahoe Basin ski area in Summit County, Colorado. Stamped on the reverse: "Colorado Photography - Topolnicki".

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."

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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 "Foot of the Steep Run served by B-50 Poma lift. Degree of Difficulty - Advanced."

Skiers slide down the ski slopes to the Bergenhof Bar and Restaurant. The restaurant opened the day before the first official opening of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado on December 16, with a big party to mark the start of the 1961 season. It was one of three original buildings that made up the Peak 8 base area facilities. It was demolished in 2013.

Title quoted from handwritten text on the item: "Bergenhof Chalet, Breckenridge Ski Area". The Bergenhof restaurant opened the day before the first official opening of the ski area on December 16, with a big party to mark the start of the 1961 season. It was one of three original buildings that made up the Peak 8 base area facilities. It was demolished in 2013. The facility on the right is the ski lift terminal for Chairlift 1.

Title quoted from handwritten text on the item: "Bergenhof Chalet, Breckenridge Ski Area". The Bergenhof restaurant opened the day before the first official opening of the ski area on December 16, with a big party to mark the start of the 1961 season. It was one of three original buildings that made up the Peak 8 base area facilities. It was demolished in 2013. The facility on the right is the ski lift terminal for Chairlift 1.