Vrbno pod Pradědem

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Skokanské můstky:

K-Point:

40 m

Further jumps:	K20
Plastic matting:	yes
Year of construction:	1975
Status:	destroyed
Ski club:	TJ Sokol Vrbno
Coordinates:	50.110793, 17.394702 ✔

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History:

The ski jumping hill in Vrbno pod Pradědem was located on the slopes of Vysoká Hora, above the southeastern part of the town, in the Jeseníky Mountains. The history of ski jumping in this area dates back to the interwar period: in the 1920s, the local branch of the Mährisch-Schlesischer Sudetengebirgsverein built the first ski jumping facility on the slopes of Vysoká Hora, which was still in use around 1940. No visible traces of this earliest construction remain today, but it marked the beginning of a long-standing local tradition of winter sports.
A new stage in the development of ski jumping in Vrbno began in 1975, when the TJ Sokol Vrbno club built a small complex of two ski jumps equipped with plastic matting – a larger hill with a K-point of 40 metres and a smaller one of approximately K20. The facilities were designed by the experienced Czech constructor Josef Zita, and Durofol synthetic material was used as the surface, allowing the hill to operate also in summer. The complex was situated in the area of what is now the employment office, within the sports grounds of the former Sokol club. The ski jumps were used primarily for youth training and for organising local children’s competitions, forming part of the dense network of small post-war ski jumping sites in the Jeseníky region.
The most famous person associated with the Vrbno hills is Jaroslav Sakala, later a world champion in ski flying, who took his very first jumping steps here. Although the facility never hosted major national or international competitions, it played an important role in the sporting development of young athletes from the region.
Over the years, the ski jumps gradually fell into disuse, and their infrastructure deteriorated. Eventually, both structures were dismantled, leaving only traces of the former landing slope and earthworks in the terrain. Today’s landscape of Vrbno pod Pradědem still reflects the town’s sporting character, but the role once played by the ski jumps has been taken over by other recreational facilities – most notably the modern Ski Arena Vrbno and the year-round bobsleigh track on the surrounding hills.

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