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Hill Size: | HS 180 |
K-Point: | 161 m |
Tower height: | 73 m |
Inrun length: | 114 m |
Inrun angle: | 35° |
Take-off length: | 7 m |
Take-off angle: | 11.5° |
Take-off height: | 3.2 m |
Speed: | 97.2 km/h |
Landing angle: | 34.5° |
Plastic matting: | yes |
Year of construction: | 2019 |
Status: | project |
K-Point: | 160 m |
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164.0 m (1994-01-23) |
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158.0 m (Matthias Wallner ![]() |
158.0 m (Werner Schuster ![]() |
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Tower height: | 73 m |
Take-off angle: | 12° |
Landing angle: | 36° |
Conversions: | 1988 |
Out of operation since: | 1994 |
K-Point: | 15 m |
Further jumps: | no |
Plastic matting: | no |
Status: | out of order |
Ski club: | Gogebic Range Ski Club |
The first ideas to built the largest jump of the world had the members of Gogebic Range Ski Club already in 1935, but it took 35 years to realize their thoughts. The ski flying hill opened in March 1970 is the largest ski jump on the American continent and is situated at Chippewa Hill in the western area of Michigan called Gogebic.
The name Copper Peak comes from the copper mining which began in this area at about 1884, but also iron was dug out as the city Ironwood shows. The inrun tower is made of 30 tons of steel and 73 meters high, that is the height of a 24 store building. On top of it there is a panorama platform which can be reached by an elevator and is 543.5 above sea level. On days with good view you can see around 60 km.
From 1970 to 1994 ten ski flying competitions took place and the last hill record was set up by the two Austrians M. Wallner and W. Schuster with 158 m in 1994.
1975 the ski club built three junior hills (K50, 30 and 10) at the side of Wolverine Hill for younger jumpers.
Of course also the ski flying hill was converted, as in 1980 when the outrun was lowered 3 m, which was supposed to make jumps on 180 m possible, and in 1988 when the takeoff angle was changed on 12° according to the FIS rules.
Since 1994 Copper Peak, which is the only ski flying hill in the western hemisphere, hasn't been used, only in summer tourists come to visit the hill and in winter the nearby ski lift is used.
The profile of the ski flying hill is out-dated and has no FIS certificate anymore, so it takes a huge financial effort to reconstruct the hill to international standards. Nevertheless the Copper Peak Inc. tries to revive the ski flying hill.
There are plans to reanimate the jump, so that World Cup or COC events again are possible on the 170 meter facility. The plan was to spend 250,000 US$ by 2013 for filling the landing hill with 1150 m³ of soil in order to decrease the landing angle from 41° to 36°, as well as building a new judges tower, installing a total of 500 m guardrails and an artificial snow making facility.
After a FIS inspection in November 2013 the idea came up that after Copper Peak might, after modernization of profile and a plastic covering, even become a stage of summer Grand Prix as the largest plastic covered ski flying or large hill. Thus, the efforts to revitalize the hill gained momentum again. In end 2016 a new hill profile as K161, HS 180 was approved by FIS and the arrangement of a budget of 14 million Dollars begun. In October 2017 another FIS site inspection was carried out and very importantly, financial aid of the U.S. senate could be secured. Renovation works shall start in spring 2018 and in fall 2019 the then world's largest plastic covered jumping hill could host the final event of FIS Grand Prix.
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Copper Peak
Here is some old footage from copper peak:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPceM9T65Zc
Poor on history
Where is the preliminary information about the bluff itself? Who discovered it for ski jumping, the original name, Chippewa Mountain, the presence of Indians, who designed the first jump? Does commercialization always have to ruin natural areas? Is this a glory project. What's wrong with just an Olympic jump or two or even 3 for young kids to learn on like the old days. Read my book, The Adventures of Anderson,chapter 2, "Blind on a Hill.
Information not actual
K-point in Cooper Peak is on 170 m right now, hill size is 185. They renovated the Copper Peak to be the smallest possible mamooth hill.
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Well, they had this idea 2 years ago...
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Reaktywacja
Panie Dawidzie. Proszę spojrzeć na źródło. Skijumping.pl wykorzystało naszą informację.
Reaktywacja!
http://www.skijumping.pl/wiadomosci/16241/Skocznia-w-Ironwood-zostanie-reaktywowana/
Copper Peak reactivated!
http://www.usaskijumping.org/news/post/ski-flyers-to-soar-again-at-copper-peak-in-2014
Skispringen ist voll cool:
Janne Ahonnen und Martin Schmitt sind die besten.
wrong link correct: