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Balme
dell’Arculà
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Trampolino dell’Arculà:
| K-Point: | ca. 30 m |
| Further jumps: | no |
| Plastic matting: | no |
| Year of construction: | 1924 |
| Status: | destroyed |
| Ski club: | Ski Club Balme |
| Coordinates: | 45.300111, 7.203917 
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History:
Balme is a small village in the upper part of the Val d’Ala valley in Piedmont, regarded as one of the birthplaces of skiing in Italy. In the early 1920s, the Ski Club Balme was very active here, organizing cross-country races, ski jumping competitions, and downhill events within the championships of the valley and the Piedmont region.
In 1924, on the initiative of local entrepreneur Angelo Guerciotti and the Ski Club Balme, a ski jumping hill named Trampolino dell’Arculà was built on the slopes above today’s Villaggio Albaron. The hill was partially reshaped, and a small stone retaining wall was constructed near the take-off. In surviving correspondence, Guerciotti described the facility as inspired by the ski jump in Chamonix. In the following years, Balme hosted numerous regional events, including the Campionato Sci Valle di Lanzo and the Piedmont championships, whose programmes also featured ski jumping competitions.
In the second half of the 1920s, the municipality of Balme began to further develop its sports infrastructure. By municipal resolution in 1928, construction began on a second ski jumping hill on communal land in the Ghieri area, right next to the distinctive rock formation Rocca S.A.R.I.. This facility, known as Trampolino della Ghieri, was completed and ceremonially opened with a ski jumping competition on 30 March 1930. The inaugural event was won by local jumper Pietro “L’Aria” Castagneri.
Both ski jumps served primarily for local and regional competitions and no longer exist today.
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