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Bear Mountain

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Ski Jump:

K-Point:	45 m
Hill record:	54.9 m (180 ft) (Torger Tokle )

Year of construction:	1928
Further jumps:	K20
Status:	destroyed
Plastic matting:	no

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History:

From 1930’s on Bear Mountain in New York State was the ski jumping center of whole USA and there more competitions were hosted than anywhere else. The place on Hudson River was candidate for organizing the 1932 Winter Games, which were finally given to Lake Placid, too. Still on 1960-01-16 more than 10,000 spectators came to watch the “Doerr Memorial Cup” competition.
Since 1990 the jumps haven’t been used any more.

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3) Gil De Laat wrote on 2011-10-20 at 22:16:

The Bear

e are trying to get some support to bring back the Bear. Please contact me if you have interest.

2) Bruce Miller wrote on 2011-10-18 at 04:03:

Great memories of a wonderful time. Weekend morning outdoor skating in an beautiful setting, then watching the ski jumping.

1) Peter Minde wrote on 2011-04-19 at 20:22:

editor of xcSkiNJ.com and oxygenfedsport.com

Nice blurb on Bear Mountain. The fourth photograph down looks very much like the one I took for this story:
http://www.xcskinj.com/articles/roy_part1.htm

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