Copper Peak

Copper Peak
Location
city	Ironwood
country	United States
Construction year	1969
Rebuilt	1980, 1988
Shut down	1994
Hill record	158.0 m Matthias Wallner Werner Schuster (1994) ; ;
Data
Landing
Construction point	160 m

46.601219444444 -90.090380555556Coordinates: 46 ° 36 ′ 4 ″ N , 90 ° 5 ′ 25 ″ W.

The Copper Peak is a ski jump inaugurated in March 1970 near Ironwood in the state of Michigan USA . It is the world's smallest ski jumping hill that has been approved by the FIS .

history

Side view

The name of the jump is derived from copper mining , which began in this area around 1884. Until 1995, millions of tons of copper were mined and processed there. The name of the nearby town of Ironwood reveals that iron ore was also mined . The inrun tower of the ski jump consists of 30 tons of high-alloy and weather-resistant steel . With a height of 73 meters, it is the highest diving platform in the world. The steel girder construction is designed so that the tower can withstand wind speeds of up to 300 km / h. In 1980 the ski jump was rebuilt for the first time. The bottom of the outlet was deepened by approx. 3 meters, which is why the K-point could be increased from 145 to 160 meters. It was hoped in vain to make flights to 180 meters possible in this way. In 1988, according to the FIS guidelines, the incline of the take-off was increased to 12 °. A total of ten ski flying competitions were held there from 1970 to 1994 . The last official World Cup competition took place in 1981. Copper Peak is now a popular tourist destination. In winter the nearby ski lift can be used. The profile of the hill is out of date and does not have a current FIS certificate.

Two Austrians hold the hill record : In 1994, at the last competition, Matthias Wallner first improved the old hill record by two meters to 158 meters, before his compatriot Werner Schuster equalized it a little later.

Remodeling plans

There are currently plans to renovate the flying hill, which should originally be implemented by 2013 for 250,000 US dollars. The landing slope was to be filled with 1150 m³ of earth, the landing angle was to be reduced from 41 ° to 36 °, a new jury tower was to be built and a snow-making system installed. The first test competitions should take place in December 2013. A little later, however, it became known that the hill would instead be converted from a flying hill to a large hill, on which jumps of up to 170 meters would be possible. In addition, the hill should be covered with plastic mattings. That would make it the largest large hill in the world.

In July 2015, at the invitation of the national ski association and the organizer Ironwood, the hill was opened by FIS race director Walter Hofer , the chairman of the FIS hill construction committee, Hans-Martin Renn, Clint Jones , head coach of the US ski jumpers and Signe Jordet, general secretary of the ski jumping association and Nordic combined, viewed. An inspection of the ski jumping facility was carried out, strategies and schedules were discussed for the return to the international event calendar. A precise financing plan has been drawn up. Specific information and plans should be available at the FIS meeting in autumn 2015. The two states of Wisconsin and Michigan are interested in using the ski jumping facility not only for sport but also for culture in the future. In 2016 it became known that the modernization was planned in such a way that ski jumping could be held for the first time in summer as part of the Ski Jumping Grand Prix 2017 . However, according to the current FIS rules, this is not yet permitted.

As early as March 2016, work on the ski jump and the landing hill began bit by bit. However, since the financing is still not secured, the hill has not yet been put into operation.

International competitions

All jumping competitions organized by the FIS are named.

date	category	Jump	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
February 13, 1981	World cup	K160	Austria Alois Lipburger	Austria Andreas fields	United States John Broman
February 14, 1981	World cup	K160	Austria Alois Lipburger	Austria Andreas fields	Austria Fritz Koch

Web links

Commons : Copper Peak - collection of images, videos and audio files

Copper Peak on Skisprungschanzen.com
Official website

Individual evidence

↑ The Copper Peak ski jump is to be revived ( memento from June 19, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), June 8, 2013, accessed on June 11, 2013
↑ Copper Peak: Ski flying hill is to become the largest large hill skispringen.com, November 13, 2013, accessed on November 14, 2013
^ FIS inspection in Ironwood. In: berkutschi.com. July 15, 2015, accessed January 24, 2017 .
↑ Summer ski flying on Copper Peak from 2017? In: skisprungschanzen.com. September 1, 2005, accessed on January 24, 2017 (German).
↑ Results Ironwood. Retrieved January 12, 2017 .

[1] The Copper Peak ski jump is to be revived ( memento from June 19, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), June 8, 2013, accessed on June 11, 2013

[2] Copper Peak: Ski flying hill is to become the largest large hill skispringen.com, November 13, 2013, accessed on November 14, 2013

[berkutsc-7250-3] FIS inspection in Ironwood. In: berkutschi.com. July 15, 2015, accessed January 24, 2017 .

[skisprun-720173-4] Summer ski flying on Copper Peak from 2017? In: skisprungschanzen.com. September 1, 2005, accessed on January 24, 2017 (German).

[5] Results Ironwood. Retrieved January 12, 2017 .