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Lappeenranta
Veisto
Data | History | Hill records | Map | Comments
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Veistonvuori:
| K-Point: | ca. 20 m |
  Hill record: |
22.5 m |
| Further jumps: | no |
| Plastic matting: | no |
| Year of construction: | 1963 |
| Year of destruction: | 1970's |
| Status: | destroyed |
| Coordinates: | 61.044716, 28.261021 
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History:
Veistonvuori was a local ski jumping hill located on a slope of the same name in the Tirilä district of the former municipality of Lappee (now part of Lappeenranta). The hill was built in 1963 as a community initiative by a group of young residents of Tirilä, led by Matti Räsänen. It was constructed on the natural Veistonvuori hillside, partly as a natural hill and partly with a wooden inrun, using among other things boards taken from dismantled scaffolding of residential buildings. Permission to build on the land was granted by the local farmer Jooseppi “Veiston Joska” Pekkanen.
The hill had a K-point of about 20 metres, a wooden inrun tower approximately 3.5 metres high, and an 11-metre wooden inrun section connected to the natural slope. According to local sources, the profile of the hill would have allowed jumps exceeding 30 metres with some earthworks, but in practice jumps were limited to roughly 20–22 metres. The official hill record is listed as 22.5 metres.
The hill served primarily as a training site for local youth and as a complement to the larger facilities in Lappeenranta, especially the Huhtiniemi complex. Sources indicate that the sports club Lauritsalan Visa managed to organise at least one official local competition at Veistonvuori. Skier recollections also mention unofficial jumps of around 25 metres achieved on strongly iced tracks, though these are not recognised as the official hill record.
Use of the hill ended in the 1970s. Declining activity was caused by winters with little snow, the very labour-intensive preparation required to maintain the hill profile, and the gradual fading of local enthusiasm for keeping a small amateur facility operational. An additional blow came when the wooden inrun tower was destroyed by vandals; it was never rebuilt, and the hill was eventually dismantled. Today, no trace of ski jumping infrastructure remains on Veistonvuori; the hill now functions as a forested recreational area used for hiking, cycling and orienteering.
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