Pine Mountain ski jump
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The Pine Mountain ski jump is one of the highest artificially created ski jumps in the world, located in Breitung Township Dickinson County, Michigan. It is located at .[1]
[edit] Specifications
Scaffold Height - 176 feet
Scaffold Length - 380 feet
Length of Underhill (end of take-off to outrun) - 632 feet
Length of Underhill (end of scaffold to end of outrun) - 1032 feet
Critical point (K-point) of landing hill - 394 feet
Pitch of Landing Hill - 39 degrees
Estimated speed of skiers at takeoff (wind and other factors makes this variable) - 55 mph
[edit] Jump Records
Current hill jump record achieved in 2006 by Stefan Kaiser or Austria at 468 feet (142.5 meters).[2]