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Blue Ridge Ski Jump:
| K-Point: | 30 m |
| Further jumps: | no |
| Plastic matting: | no |
| Year of construction: | 1930 |
| Status: | destroyed |
| Ski club: | Big Pines Ski Club |
| Coordinates: | 34.358488, -117.655868 
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History:
In 1930, engineer Lars Hogan designed a large ski jump in Big Pines (part of Wrightwood), which at the time was one of the largest of its kind in Southern California. In 1931, the Viking Ski Club organized its first competition there. Wrightwood and Big Pines were considered as candidates to host the 1932 Winter Olympic Games — in Big Pines, what was then the largest ski jump in the world was under construction, although the Games eventually took place in Lake Placid. In 1934, a Winter Sports Carnival was held in Big Pines, which also included ski jumping competitions. John Elvrum, a Norwegian champion and U.S. record holder (240 feet, approximately 73 meters, in 1934), employed by the Lake Arrowhead Corporation, performed exhibition jumps on the slopes of Wrightwood at that time.
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California Ski Library
Hello. Your information here is a little off. The photo you show is the Wrightwood jump, but you are combining information about this jump with information about the Big Pines jump. The Wrightwood jump was not a stronghold of ski jumping. A few club jumping meets were held there. The Big Pines jump was a stronghold. Only Big Pines was considered as a possibility for the 1932 Olympics, since the Summer Olympics were being hosted in Los Angeles. The Big Pines Ski Jump was located at Blue Ridge/Mountain High West. It was the big hill; the jump at Wrightwood was smaller. You should have two separate pages for these jumps: Wrightwood and Big Pines.