Gross-Titlis-Schanze

Gross-Titlis-Schanze
	Gross-Titlis-Schanze in December 2017
Location
city	Engelberg
country	Switzerland
society	Engelberg Sports Club
Spectator seats	20,000
Construction year	1971
Rebuilt	1984, 2001, 2016
Hill record	144.0 m Domen Prevc (December 18, 2016) ;
Data
Start-up
Inrun length	123 m
Slope of the approach (γ)	35 °
Take-off table
Table height	3.2 m
Table length	7 m
Inclination of the take-off table (α)	10.5 °
Landing
Hillsize	142 m
Construction point	125 m
Difference in height from table edge to K point (h)	59.77 m
Difference in length from table edge to K point (s)	103.37 m
Outlet
Length of the spout	100 m

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The Gross-Titlis-Schanze is a ski jumping hill in the Swiss municipality of Engelberg am Titlis . Competitions of the Ski Jumping World Cup and Ski Jumping Continental Cup of the FIS take place here on a regular basis. It is the steepest hill in the Ski Jumping World Cup.

history

The old Gross-Titlis-Schanze at night

The first ski jumping took place in Engelberg in 1905, and the construction of a ski jumping hill was planned in the same year. The general assembly of the ski club at the time approved a loan of 133,500 Swiss francs for the new Sandrain ski jump . The Titlis ski jump was built in the 1920s. After there was one death and several injuries in a ski jumping competition, the Titlis ski jump was converted for the first time and the (first) Sandrain ski jump was reactivated later.

Over the years, international standards for ski jumping hills were created, which the Titlis hill no longer complied with. So the club in Engelberg decided in 1964 to build the K 62-Klein-Titlis-Schanze with floodlights. The first night jumping was held in 1964. In order to also promote the youngsters, the K 36 boys jump was built three years later . After Unterwasser withdrew from the Swiss Ski Association's (SSV) ski jumping tournament as the venue, Engelberg applied to host the ski jumping tournament and was awarded it. The Gross-Titlis-Schanze project was started. The Engelberg Ski Club raised more than 300,000 Swiss francs for the new ski jumping hill, thanks to various funding campaigns and donations from friends. In 1971 the Gross-Titlis-Schanze was inaugurated as part of the ski jumping tournament. The hermit Sepp Zehnder jumped 86 meters in the first jump and 102 meters in the second jump. This jump went down in the history of Swiss ski jumping.

In 1981 the ski jump was modernized for 350,000 francs. The authorities had refused the funding, but the association managed to raise the loan itself. On February 26, 1984 the hill was inaugurated as part of the team world championship . The Ski Jumping World Cup has been held on the Gross-Titlis-Schanze since 1980 and the Ski Jumping Continental Cup has been held since 2000 .

In August 2000, renovation and reconstruction work on the Gross-Titlis-Schanze was necessary again: first and foremost, the angle of inclination of the landing slope was changed from 38 degrees to the newly prescribed inclination angle of 36 degrees. The construction work was completed in time for the World Cup on December 15 and 16, 2000, but the two World Cups were canceled due to a lack of snow. In the summer and autumn of 2001, a cable car was built at the ski jump for jumpers to climb the ski jump.

In March 2014, so-called snow farming was carried out to cover the summer with snow. This had already proven itself in the two years before. For this purpose, 600 cubic meters of snow were provided next to the jump and covered with wood chips. In addition, in close cooperation with the FIS and television experts, the positioning and requirements for the floodlighting suitable for television were determined.

The third construction phase was started on October 31, 2014, and a complete renovation should begin in spring 2015. Only minor changes were planned to the ski jump itself, but the International Ski Federation requested a revision of the conversion plans. That drew objections. The 2.9 million francs should not increase because of the construction delay. In the presence of Sksipringer Gregor Deschwanden , the groundbreaking ceremony for the conversion of the Gross-Titlis-Schanze took place on March 30th, 2016 . The old approach was replaced by a new approach and a standard track with a permanently installed cooling system was installed. In addition, a new material deposition was created under the take-off table. In addition, the terrain was piled up on the landing track from the take-off table to the 80-meter point , the radius was adapted to the terrain shortly before the run-out, which is why the jumps are longer and the landing is softer. A new floodlight system was installed at the ski jumping hill, so that even in the dark it is safe to jump. The construction work lasted from the end of March until late autumn, so that the Ski Jumping World Cup could take place on the Gross-Titlis-Schanze again on December 17 and 18, 2016. The renovation was completed at the end of October. After the work was completed, the K point had changed to 140 m. As a special highlight, the inrun lane received an LED light chain.

International competitions

The FIS World Cups and Continental Cups are held on the hill, as well as occasional jumps at Nordic World Ski Championships.

date	category	Jump	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
February 12, 1984	World Championship (team)	K120	Finland Finland Markku Pusenius Pentti Kokkonen Jari Puikkonen Matti Nykänen	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR Ulf Findeisen Matthias Buse Klaus Ostwald Jens Weißflog	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Ladislav Dluhoš Vladimír Podzimek Jiří Parma Pavel Ploc