Skiers at St. Mary's Glacier, Colorado, circa 1940
- Card type
- Linen
About this postcard
A party of skiers, some carrying packs and poles, stands on a snowfield below a small blue lake set in a steep, forested cirque; alpine flowers color the meadow in the foreground and a snowbank streaks the slope at right. The card names the spot as St. Mary's Glacier, a permanent snowfield and small lake in the Front Range west of Denver, near Idaho Springs, that became a popular year-round recreation spot in the mid-twentieth century. The scene shows the area as a ski and outing destination rather than the mining landscape of its earlier years.
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Postcard record
| Publisher | The Denver News Co. |
|---|---|
| Series | N114 |
| Condition | Very good |
| Place depicted | St. Mary's Glacier, CO |
| Publisher | The Denver News Co., Denver, CO |
| Notes | Linen-textured stock with a thin white border; caption printed in the top margin. No postmark or handwriting; unused card. Divided-back linen-texture chrome postcard, full-bleed front (no white border), publisher imprint of The Denver News Co. with Metrocroft (Everett, Mass.) credit and card number 49016. Light soiling/toning on the back, corners slightly worn. |
Cite this card
Skiers at St. Mary's Glacier, Colorado, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/skiers-at-st-marys-glacier-colorado-circa-1940. Accessed October 25, 2026.