Steamboat Pilot & Today

Winter field near Yampa Valley Regional Airport. Submitted by: Jeff Hall

Double fence jump, just north of Craig. Submitted by: Jeff Hall

The Richtel family, from San Francisco, enjoyed an afternoon at the Old Town Hot Springs during their ski trip to Steamboat. Submitted by: Shannon Lukens

Community members and visitors participate in an art project to cover Lake Catamount with Snow Circles. Submitted by: George Fargo

Community members and visitors create snow circles on Lake Catamount. Submitted by: George Fargo

Snow circles appear on Lake Catamount. Submitted by: George Fargo

Peggy Van Vliet, left, and Sally Hertzog help with the snow drawings Saturday at Lake Catamount. Photo by Matt Stensland

The snow drawings made at Lake Catamount were visible from Rabbit Ears Pass. Photo by Matt Stensland

Matt White races Saturday at the Steamboat Ski Touring Center. Photo by Matt Stensland

Danny Kramer races Saturday at the Steamboat Ski Touring Center. Photo by Matt Stensland

Lindsey Adler comes off the starting line Saturday at the Steamboat Ski Touring Center. Photo by Matt Stensland

Lesley Myller, left, comes off the starting line Saturday at the Steamboat Ski Touring Center. Photo by Matt Stensland

Gabriel Bohlmann comes off the starting line Saturday at the Steamboat Ski Touring Center. Photo by Matt Stensland

Barista Grace Martin, right, and MountainBrew co-owner Tasha Compos serve a snack to Steamboat Springs resident M.L. Mackie on Friday at the coffee shop's new location inside Bud Werner Memorial Library. Photo by Matt Stensland

In the 1960s, the giant Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp. steel plant on the southern end of Pueblo, now called EVRAZ Pueblo, was the economic driving engine and racial equalizer for Colorado’s southernmost major city. By the early 1980s, manufacturing operations in Pueblo and across the United States were hit by stiff international competition that led to drastic cutbacks and factory closures. The downturn in manufacturing hurt minority workers disproportionately in Colorado and across the U.S. Joe Mahoney/I-News Network

Steel for the sinews of Colorado industry is shown in process at the Pueblo plant of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp. in this 1961 photo. In the 1960s, the giant CF&I steel plant was the economic driving engine and racial equalizer with 13,000 jobs for Colorado’s southernmost large city. Two decades later, most of those jobs disappeared, and the educational economic disparities between the city’s Latino and white residents began to widen. Denver Public Library / Courtesy

Carl Howelsen was instrumental in starting Winter Carnival and the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club while also bringing life to recreational skiing in the Yampa Valley. Tread of Pioneers Museum/Courtesy

2013 Winter Carnival Queen Lucy Newman stands in front of the jumps at Howelsen Hill. Photo by John F. Russell

Jean “Dody” Wegeman, center, and her attendants pose during the 1946 Winter Carnival. Wegeman, who was crowned Winter Carnival Queen that year, is returning to Steamboat for a reunion of queens during this year’s 100th Winter Carnival. Courtesy photo

Future Olympic skier Buddy Werner, 8 years old at the time, tries the Winter Carnival barrel in 1944. Tread of Pioneers Museum/Courtesy

Kids participate in the three-legged race during a Winter Carnival in Steamboat Springs. Tread of Pioneers Museum/Courtesy

Bob and Frances Wither were the grand marshals for the 73rd annual Winter Carnival in 1986. Alpine Photography/File

The 1960 Winter Carnival concluded with a night show with hundreds of skiers coming down the slope in the dark in various patterns with different kinds of flares and fireworks. This year’s Night Extravaganza is at 7 p.m. Saturday with a fireworks show, the Lighted Man and torchlight parades. Tread of Pioneers Museum/Courtesy

Tread of Pioneers Museum’s newest artifact is an original Barnum & Bailey circus poster featuring Carl Howelsen’s ski jumping act that toured the country beginning in 1907. Tread of Pioneers Museum/Courtesy

Helen Wheeler on front horse for the Diamond Hitch in 1928. The annual Diamond Hitch Parade will get back to its roots during this year’s celebration.

The Ski Band makes its way down Lincoln Avenue in 1944 during the Winter Carnival. Steamboat Springs was dubbed Ski Town USA in 1947 when The Associated Press ran an article describing the marching band on skis and the enthusiastic local ski community under the headline that proclaimed Steamboat Springs “Ski Town.”

Buttons from past Winter Carnivals are on display at Tread of Pioneers Museum in downtown Steamboat Springs. Photo by John F. Russell

Buttons from past Winter Carnivals are on display at Tread of Pioneers Museum in downtown Steamboat Springs. Photo by John F. Russell

Winter Carnival events on Lincoln Avenue. Tread of Pioneers Museum/Courtesy

Steamboat’s Don McLean, left, and Luke Dudley show off the new University of Colorado and Colorado State University logo skis they are marketing at www.collegeskis.com. The skis are handmade in China by industry award-winning Breckenridge firm Ski Logik. Photo by Tom Ross