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John Ingvald Jump at Varsity Site (Ski Jump Coulee):

K-Point:	40 m
Tower height:	25.6 m
Year of construction:	1931
Conversions:	1936, 1963
Operating until:	1974
Year of destruction:	1978
Coordinates:	52.139008, -106.639244 ✔

Saskatchewan Jump at Devil's Dip:

K-Point:	20 m
Year of construction:	1929
Operating until:	1930
Coordinates:	52.134063, -106.643246

Further jumps:	no
Plastic matting:	no
Status:	destroyed
Ski club:	Saskatoon Ski Club
Coordinates:	52.139008, -106.639244 ✔

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History:

The first jump at the banks of Saskatchewan River, near the largest city of the Canadian territory of Saskatchewan, was built in 1929-30 by Saskatoon Ski Club with permission of the university. It was located at "Devil's Dip" and inaugurated on January 18, 1930. However, during the same season a jumper broke his leg and the ski jump had to be closed since the university withdrew its permission.
Already in the following winter a new, larger ski jumping hill with a ca. 18 meter high tower was errected a few hundred meters north at "Varsity Site". The first record there was 97 feet (29.5 m) by Dave Wood. In 1933 a clubhouse was added and in 1936 the hill, which was also called "Ski Jump Coulee", was reconstructed and enlarged with a 25 meter high tower. The hill was then used for a few decades and competitions there even attracted up to 2,500 spectators. Furthermore, alpine slopes, a ski lift and a toboggan run were added at the site.
Though interest in ski jumping had already been decreasing, the ski jump was reconstructed in 1963, reorienting the outrun from the river onto the bank and thus making the hill smaller. However, in 1974 ski jumping operations stopped and in 1978 it was torn down. In 1971 Canadian Winter Games were hosted at Saskatoon and for that purpose a new winter sports facility was opened at Mt. Blackstrap, which made the other facilities at Varsity Site unnecessary, too.

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1) Maxine Tebbe wrote on 2024-07-22 at 20:31:

General Manager

Good afternoon, we are in the process of putting together a history of skiing in Saskatoon. I would love to use the pictures from your site but I cannot save them without the link. Could you email me any pictures from Devil's Dip, Varisty Site, Blackstrap that we may use. Thank you

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