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Ounasvaara:
| Hill Size: | HS 100 |
| K-Point: | 90 m |
| Hill record: | 103.5 m (Taku Takeuchi  , 2005-03-23, JWSC) |
| Ladie's hill record: | 98.5 m (Ulrike Gräßler  , 2009-12-08, L-COC) |
| Take-off angle: | 10° |
| Landing angle: | 34° |
| Year of construction: | 1927 |
| Conversions: | 1936, 1947, 1962, 1976, 1990 |
| Further jumps: | K64, K36, K25, K15, K6 |
| Status: | operating |
| Plastic matting: | yes |
| Ski club: | Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura |
History:
The first small ski hill at Ounasvaara in Rovaniemi was set up in February 1927. On December 11, 1927 the permanent 30 meter hill was inaugurated. This jump had been used until 1947, the final hill record was at 43.5 meters by Feodotoffin and Timo Murama.
Inbetween this period, Pöyliövaara large hill was built up in 1935-36. At the opening competition on 1937-03-29 Timo Murama jumped the longest distance with 71 meters and in 1941 Lauri Pietikäinen improved the hill record on 74 m. On 1944-08-10 the wooden ski jump, on which now distances of nearly 80 meters were jumped although it was quiet windy, was destroyed during the Lapland War, where it was used as a air surveillance tower.
In 1947 again a 50 meter hill made of wood was constructed at Ounasvaara and called "Keskari". This hill became victim of fires twice in 1956 and 1976. At the place of the burned down hill in 1983 a new K64 ski jump was built up and got plastic matting later.
Already before in 1961 the construction of the forefather of today's K90 hill with concrete tower was started. During the inauguration in 1962 Pekka Yliniemi jumped 87 m. This record was only crashed in 1965 when Martti Niemi jumped 89.5 m and then even improved on 90 meters by Raimo Ekholm in 1968. Then the jump was converted in 1976, when mainly the take-off was shortened by 1 meter. After that Esko Rautionaho and Jouko Törmänen jumped on 94 m. Another modernization took place in 1990, when the hill was also covered with plastic mattings and equipped with a porcelain inrun. As a consequence it became possible to fly longer than 100 meters.
The smaller jumps of Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura were constructed in 1950’s at Sorkku, at the southern side of Ounasvaara. But these K35, K25, K15 and K6 were destroyed in 1987, when a new road was constructed. In fall 1987 at Ounasvaara new K25, K15 and K6 ski jumping hills were built a compensation, and short time later an additional K36, too.
The Nordic Juniors World Championships took place in Rovaniemi in 2005 and furthermore Ounasvaara HS 100 has been part of Continental Cup since the early 2000's.
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