National Nordic Ski Center
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Coordinates: 46 ° 30 '23 " N , 7 ° 40' 55" E ; CH1903: six hundred and eighteen thousand six hundred seventy-five / 150593
The National Nordic Ski Center ("Nordic Arena") in Kandersteg consists of four ski jumps . The facility includes two children's hills of category K 15 (animation hill) and K 24 (Bire hill), a youth hill of category K 66 (Blümlisalp hill) and a normal hill of category K 96 (Lötschberg hill). The jumps are covered with plastic matting.
history
After the Lötschbergschanze at the train station could no longer be used with the construction of the bypass road to the car transporter, the ski club applied to the Swiss Ski Association SSV with the project of the plastic covered hill. With great dedication and enthusiasm, Willy Sahli and Adolf Ogi committed themselves to the implementation of the plastic covered hills. In 1977, three ski jumps covered with plastic mattings were approved by the board of the Swiss Ski Association, which made the decision to build a national ski jumping facility.
Construction began on September 4, 1978, and the National Nordic Ski Center was completed within just one year by the newly founded NNSK cooperative. The total cost of the system at that time was CHF 2.4 million.
On September 2, 1979, the ski jumping facility was opened with an international mat ski jumping event. The entire world elite of ski jumpers was at the start. It was gratifying that Switzerland had ski jumpers at that time who could get involved in the very front. People like to remember Hansjörg Sumi, Christian Hauswirth, Karl Lustenberger and Walter Steiner. From the winter of 1981/82 the ski jumps in Kandersteg were also available for winter training.
In the following decade the facility was used intensively for training and competitions. Big names like Toni Innauer , Andreas Felder , Jens Weissflog , Matti Nykänen and Stefan Zünd have won on the ski jumps in Kandersteg.
The ski jumping facility has been operated successfully for more than 10 years since 1978 and an international summer ski jumping competition was held every year. The stars from Europe, America and Japan competed on what was then the most modern summer ski jumping facility in the world.
After these consistently successful competitions, the facility was adapted to the then valid FIS regulations in 1990 . Slight profile corrections in the approach and a flattening of the slope of the K90 hill were made. In addition, the existing ice track was replaced by a ceramic track. After the successful completion of the renovation work, the facility was able to be put back into operation in 1991 with an international summer ski jumping event.
After a period in which the board could not be completely filled and no president was available, Robert Rathmayr took over the presidency in autumn 2003 and led the NNSK into a new era. From then on, the Board of Directors dedicated itself to its tasks with great enthusiasm. As a first measure, it was ensured that the training operations ran smoothly again and a fixed competition rhythm was launched.
On August 1st, 2003, the Swiss Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships were held as a summer event for the first time. In 2004 and 2006 a summer Grand Prix was held in the Nordic Combined. Until 2007, the NNSK held competitions in Nordic combined and ski jumping every summer in cooperation with the Kandersteg Ski Club.
In summer 2008 the facility was closed because the K90 hill no longer complied with the FIS regulations. After the “NNSK2010” project was launched in 2005, the decision was made at the 29th General Assembly in November 2007 to replace the entire system. This decision provided for the reconstruction of all three ski jumps. The renewal of the mat covering, a profile correction and the new construction of the company building were part of the idea.
A well-known patronage (sponsorship) has been put together to support the project management in the implementation. On November 27, 2009, the Kandersteg population approved a financial contribution of CHF 1.2 million from the community at the community meeting. A first milestone for the realization of the project had been laid.
From March 2010, the overall planning became concrete: surveying the ski jumping hill area, drawing up construction plans for the ski jumping hills and the company building, drawing up project documents, checking new inrun lane systems, contract negotiations for land purchase etc.
The entire project financing was secured in spring 2013. From this point on, the project planning work was in full swing, so that the renovation of the access road could begin in spring 2014. The new construction of the ski jumping facility was tackled in May 2015 and was completed in June 2016. As the first major international event, the jumping competitions for special jumpers and Nordic combined athletes at the 51st Nordic Junior World Ski Championships were held on the Lötschbergschanze in February 2018 .
Opening of the Nordic Arena
After the two-year construction phase, the Nordic Arena was officially opened on July 31 and August 1, 2016. On July 31, the young jumpers and combiners demonstrated their skills on the two hills HS27 and HS72 as part of the Helvetia Nordic Trophy.
The official opening ceremony took place on August 1st. Countless World Cup jumpers such as Simon Amman , Gregor Deschwanden and their Swiss colleagues, Michael Hayböck , Stefan Kraft , Andreas Wank , Tom Hilde and Robert Johansson took part in this unique event.
Web links
- National Nordic Ski Center on Skisprungschanzen.com
- Official website of the National Nordic Ski Center Kandersteg