Pine Mountain Jump

Pine Mountain Jump
Location
city	Iron Mountain
country	United States
society	Kiwanis Ski Club
Construction year	1938
Rebuilt	1948, 1977
Hill record	148 m Erik Lyche Solheim (2009)
Data Landing Hillsize HS 133 Construction point 120 m

Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′ 10 ″  N , 88 ° 5 ′ 21 ″  W.

The Pine Mountain Jump in Iron Mountain consists of several ski jumps . The facility includes three small jumps of category K 10, K 25, K 38 and a large hill of category K 120.

history

Iron Mountain's first man-made ski jump was built on Hemlock Street in 1929. In 1933 the first iron ski jump on Crystal Lake, called Devils's Hill, was built and inaugurated on January 5th, 1934, at the same time the founding of the Kiwanis Ski Club was celebrated. In 1937 the construction of the ski jump on Pine Mountain was initiated, in 1938 the 156 foot high inrun scaffolding and the work on the landing hill were completed. The first jumping took place in 1939 and Bob Roecker from Duluth conquered Alf Engen with 257 feet and set a new American record. The Pine Mountain Jump has been renovated and renewed many times since then. a. In 1948 the landing slope was excavated, after a fire in 1977 the inrun was renewed and enlarged. In 1996 and 2000, World Cup competitions were held in front of up to 20,000 spectators on the largest large hill in the USA in Iron Mountain; since 2001, Continental Cup competitions have been held every year on the wind-prone hill.

The city is located in the US state of Michigan and is approximately 310 miles from Chicago and 320 from Minneapolis. The nearest airports are in Kingsford, Marquette and Green Bay.

Technical specifications

Iron Mountain - large hill
Start-up
Inrun length	117 m
Run-up speed	approx. 93 km / h
Take-off table
Table height	3.0 m
Inclination of the take-off table (α)	91 km / h
Landing
Hillsize	HS 133
Construction point	120 m
K-point inclination angle (β)	35.0 °

Development of the hill record

Men

year	Surname	Expanse
1939	Bob Roecker	78.5 m
1941	Alf Engen	81.5 m
1942	Torger Tokle	88.0 m
1949	Joe Perrault	89.0 m
1949	Matti Pietikäinen	89.5 m
1949	Joe Perrault	90.5 m
1961	Jim Brennan	96.0 m
1962	Pekka Tirkkinen	96.5 m

year	Surname	Expanse
1965	John Balfanz	99.0 m
1968	Adrian Watt	103.0 m
1972	Jerry Martin	105.0 m
1978	Gebhard Aberer	113.0 m
1981	Armin Kogler	121.5 m
1992	Werner Schuster	122.0 m
1996	Masahiko Harada	131.5 m
1996	Jens Weißflog	131.5 m

year	Surname	Expanse
1996	Masahiko Harada	140.0 m
2002	Kalle Keituri	142.0 m
2004	Olav Magne Dønnem	142.0 m
2006	Stefan Kaiser	142.5 m
2009	Lukas Müller	142.5 m
2009	Stefan Thurnbichler	143.5 m
2009	Erik Lyche Solheim	148.0 m

International competitions

All jumping competitions organized by the FIS are named.

date	category	Jump	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
February 17, 1996	World cup	K120	Jens Weißflog	Andreas Widhölzl	Ari-Pekka Nikkola
February 18, 1996	World cup	K120	Masahiko Harada	Adam Malysz	Kimmo Savolainen
February 22, 2000	World cup	K120	Martin Schmitt	Tommy Ingebrigtsen	Stefan Horngacher
February 23, 2000	World cup	K120	Martin Schmitt	Andreas Widhölzl	Andreas Goldberger
February 17, 2001	Continental Cup	K120	Sōta Okamura	Robert Kranjec	Kazuki Nishishita
February 18, 2001	Continental Cup	K120	Robert Kranjec	Kai Bracht	Lassi Huuskonen
February 23, 2002	Continental Cup	K120	Sigurd Pettersen	Kalle Keituri	Kai Bracht
February 24, 2002	Continental Cup	K120	Arttu Lappi	Stefan Thurnbichler	Ferdinand Bader
February 22, 2004	Continental Cup	HS133	Reinhard Schwarzenberger	Stephan Hocke	Stefan Kaiser Olav Magne Dønnem
February 23, 2004	Continental Cup	HS133	Reinhard Schwarzenberger	Balthasar Schneider	Olav Magne Dønnem
February 26, 2005	Continental Cup	HS133	Bardal is different	Stefan Thurnbichler	Christian Nagiller
February 27, 2005	Continental Cup	HS133	Bardal is different	Maximilian Mechler	Rok Urbanc
February 18, 2006	Continental Cup	HS133	Kimmo Yliriesto	Bastian Kaltenböck	Bardal is different
February 19, 2006	Continental Cup	HS133	Daniel Lackner	Bardal is different	Morten Solem
February 17, 2007	Continental Cup	HS133	Isak Grimholm	Stefan Kaiser	Balthasar Schneider
February 18, 2007	Continental Cup	HS133	Balthasar Schneider	Isak Grimholm	Roland Mueller
February 16, 2008	Continental Cup	HS133	Stefan Thurnbichler	Henning Stensrud	Andreas Vilberg
February 17, 2008	Continental Cup	HS133	Competition canceled
February 14, 2009	Continental Cup	HS133	Lukas Müller	Stefan Thurnbichler	Jon Aaraas
February 15, 2009	Continental Cup	HS133	Lukas Müller	Stefan Thurnbichler	Anže Damjan
January 30, 2010	Continental Cup	HS133	Manuel Fettner	Andreas Stjernen	Markus Eggenhofer
January 31, 2010	Continental Cup	HS133	Competition canceled
February 12, 2011	Continental Cup	HS133	Andreas Strolz	Matjaž Pungertar	Rok Zima
February 13, 2011	Continental Cup	HS133	Matej Dobovšek	Markus Eggenhofer	David Unterberger
February 11, 2012	Continental Cup	HS133	Competition canceled due to strong wind
February 12, 2012	Continental Cup	HS133	Marinus Kraus	Markus Eisenbichler	Robert Johansson
February 9, 2013	Continental Cup	HS133	Fredrik Bjerkeengen	Matic Benedik	Christian Heim
February 9, 2013	Continental Cup	HS133	Anže Semenič	Matic Benedik	Thomas Diethart
February 10, 2013	Continental Cup	HS133	Anže Semenič	Andraž Pograjc	Felix Schoft Matic Benedik
February 7, 2014	Continental Cup	HS133	Klemens Murańka	Karl Geiger	Nejc Dežman
February 8, 2014	Continental Cup	HS133	Anže Lanišek	Nejc Dežman	Andraž Pograjc
February 9, 2014	Continental Cup	HS133	Competition canceled due to strong wind
February 21, 2015	Continental Cup	HS133	Anže Semenič	Maciej Kot	Ulrich Well-named
February 21, 2015	Continental Cup	HS133	Andreas Wank	Anže Semenič	Joachim Hauer
February 22, 2015	Continental Cup	HS133	Competition canceled due to strong wind
20th February 2016	Continental Cup	HS133	Michael Glasder	Bartłomiej Kłusek	Ernest Prišlič
February 21, 2016	Continental Cup	HS133	Florian Altenburger	Elias Tollinger	Clemens Aigner
February 26, 2017	Continental Cup	HS133	Stefan Huber	Klemens Murańka	Clemens Aigner
February 26, 2017	Continental Cup	HS133	Halvor Egner Granerud	Bor Pavlovčič	Stefan Huber
February 10, 2018	Continental Cup	HS133	Marius Lindvik	Jakub Wolny	Halvor Egner Granerud
February 11, 2018	Continental Cup	HS133	Halvor Egner Granerud	Anže Lanišek	Marius Lindvik
February 9, 2019	Continental Cup	HS133	Pius Paschke	Robin Pedersen	Thomas Aasen Markeng
February 9, 2019	Continental Cup	HS133	Thomas Aasen Markeng	Stefan Huber	Markus Schiffner
February 10, 2019	Continental Cup	HS133	Marius Lindvik	Markus Schiffner	Žak Mogel
February 15, 2020	Continental Cup	HS133	Clemens Aigner	Paweł Wąsek	Markus Schiffner
February 16, 2020	Continental Cup	HS133	Clemens Aigner	Markus Schiffner	Lovro Kos

See also

• List of large hills

Web links

• Pine Mountain Jump on Skisprungschanzen.com
• Official site (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results. Retrieved February 12, 2018 .