yooper1
Single-Sixer
This is Copper Peak Ski Flying Hill in Ironwood, Michigan.
To give you a point of reference, as you would ski down the slide, you would be skiing almost due east. Off your left side about 3 miles would be the south shore of Lake Superior, so technically that would be north. Off your right shoulder about 1 mile would be my shooting club, Superior Range Shooters Club.
Copper Peak is the largest artificial ski jump in the world. The 35 degree, 469 foot, cantilevered inrun was constructed using 300 tons of COR-TEN steel in 1969 at a cost of just over $1 million.
Other facts about the Copper Peak:
This is their website:
https://copperpeak.net/
This is some drone video of the structure:
https://youtu.be/kJJo_S1eP1c
This is what they usually do on Ski Flying hills (a 165 meter flight):
https://youtu.be/WoBfAiQKAY0
This is what they have been doing on the Copper Peak Ski Flying Hill landing in the past few years (Snowmobile hill climb):
https://youtu.be/ynXLs4CI-uY
This guy even went off it backwards on purpose a couple of times:
https://youtu.be/t-Y9riCoJ7k
Here is a short Youtube video going up the landing hill:
https://youtu.be/4qd22FiBn2o
This is what some people are going to try and do at the Red Bull 400 on May 12th, 2018:
https://www.redbull.com/us-en/events/red-bull-400-international
Crazy, no?
EDITED to correct the date on the Red Bull event
To give you a point of reference, as you would ski down the slide, you would be skiing almost due east. Off your left side about 3 miles would be the south shore of Lake Superior, so technically that would be north. Off your right shoulder about 1 mile would be my shooting club, Superior Range Shooters Club.
Copper Peak is the largest artificial ski jump in the world. The 35 degree, 469 foot, cantilevered inrun was constructed using 300 tons of COR-TEN steel in 1969 at a cost of just over $1 million.
Other facts about the Copper Peak:
- The upper observation platform is 1782 feet above sea level and 1180 feet above Lake Superior.
The platform provides the highest, unobstructed, 360 degree vista in the Midwest, overlooking nearly 40 miles in every direction.
The 810-foot chairlift rises 365 fee to the crest of the hill.
The 18-story elevator ride takes about 55 seconds.
The structure is designed to withstand winds in excess of 190 mph.
In a brisk wind, the top of Copper Peak has been observed to sway as much as 18 inches, by design.
During construction, a 104-pound piece of native copper was unearthed.
The first international ski flying competition was held at Copper Peak in February and March of 1970.
This is their website:
https://copperpeak.net/
This is some drone video of the structure:
https://youtu.be/kJJo_S1eP1c
This is what they usually do on Ski Flying hills (a 165 meter flight):
https://youtu.be/WoBfAiQKAY0
This is what they have been doing on the Copper Peak Ski Flying Hill landing in the past few years (Snowmobile hill climb):
https://youtu.be/ynXLs4CI-uY
This guy even went off it backwards on purpose a couple of times:
https://youtu.be/t-Y9riCoJ7k
Here is a short Youtube video going up the landing hill:
https://youtu.be/4qd22FiBn2o
This is what some people are going to try and do at the Red Bull 400 on May 12th, 2018:
https://www.redbull.com/us-en/events/red-bull-400-international
Crazy, no?
EDITED to correct the date on the Red Bull event
