Wolverine Hill

Wolverine Hill
Location
City or town Ironwood, Michigan
Country USA
Opened 1935
Closed 1969
Demolished yes
Size
K-spot K-66
Hill record Ragnar Omdtvedt
51.5 m (169 ft)
Championships

Wolverine Hill was a ski jumping hill located at Ironwood in Michigan, USA. Owned by Gogebic Range Ski Club, it had a K-point at 66 meters.

Three world records in the ski jumping has been set at Wolverine Hill.

Gogebic Range Ski Club had vision of building largest ski jumping hill in the world already in 1930's. Hill remained in use until 1969 when they built Copper Peak ski flying hill. Six years later they modernized the hill for young jumpers again, but today hill is no longer in use, because it was demolished.

World records

Year Athlete Country Distance
1911 Anders Haugen USA 46.2 m
1913 Ragnar Omdtvedt USA 48.2 m
1913 Ragnar Omdtvedt USA 51.5 m

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