The thrill of Winter Carnival

Sunday, February 10, 2002
an article from the Steamboat Pilot/Today

Sure it's ski jumping, snow sculpting, cross country racing, snowboarding and a tubing party.

It's a soda pop slalom, a dual slalom bicycle race and an international muzzle loading biathlon.

And it's chariot racing, the Diamond Hitch parade, including the Steamboat Springs High School skiing band, and the Lighted Man.

Banks keeps lighted man tradition alive
By Christine Metz, Staff Reporter for the Steamboat Pilot/Today

Sunday, January 26, 2003

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — As spectators watch the Lighted Man make his way down Howelsen Hill wearing a suit of light bulbs and shooting off Roman candles, it looks like a one-man show.

But it is not.

Jon Banks, who has been a Lighted Man since 1971, says it takes a crew of six or eight people to pull the event off.