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K-Point: | 15 m |
Year of construction: | 1913 |
Conversions: | 1935 |
Coordinates: | 39.786696, -105.053690 ![]() ![]() |
K-Point: | 10 m |
Year of construction: | 1964 |
Operating until: | 1964 |
Coordinates: | 39.742316, -104.988775 ![]() ![]() |
Further jumps: | no |
Plastic matting: | no |
Status: | destroyed |
Ski club: | Denver Rocky Mountain Ski Club |
Coordinates: | 39.786696, -105.053690 ![]() ![]() |
The Norwegian Carl Howelsen, founder of ski jumping in Colorado, came to Denver in 1909. In December 1913, there was an extraordinary amount of snow in the city, too, so he built a small ski jump at Inspiration Point, near what is now the Willis Case golf course. The Denver Rocky Mountain Ski Club held a ski jumping exhibition there on January 18, 1914. When the snow conditions allowed it, the ski jump was used until around 1920. After that the club activities were relocated to Genesee Mountain. In 1935, the ski jump is said to have been renovated again.
In November 1964, there another small ski jump was set up at the May-D&F department store in downtown Denver for marketing purposes. The (alpine) Olympian Billy Kidd jumped there. Today, the Sheraton hotel is located on the same site.
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