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Copper Peak is a ski flying hill designed by Lauren Larsen and located near Ironwood, Michigan, United States.It was built in 1969 and inaugurated one year later. [1] [2] The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 [3] and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971. [2]
An artist's rendering of Copper Peak, once the world's largest ski flying hill in the Upper Peninsula that has been closed for decades, shows what the project could look like if revitalized.
This facility is the only ski flying hill in the western hemisphere, and hosted 10 ski flying events between 1970 and 1994. The 240-foot high tower on top of the Copper Peak hill allowed ski jumpers to fly over 500 feet through the air and provides views of three states and Lake Superior.
Ski flying is a winter sport discipline derived from ski jumping, in which much greater distances can be achieved.It is a form of competitive individual Nordic skiing where athletes descend at high speed along a specially designed takeoff ramp using skis only; jump from the end of it with as much power as they can generate; then glide – or 'fly' – as far as possible down a steeply sloped ...
Getting to the top of the jump is half the fun, with a ride up a chairlift and elevator, then climbing eight more stories of stairs.
View of all jumps and training facilities. Suicide Hill Ski Jump is a 90-meter ski jump located in Negaunee, Michigan, and is part of the Ishpeming Ski Club.It is one of three major ski jumps located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (the others being Copper Peak (a larger ski flying hill) and Pine Mountain Ski Jump).
Copper Peak revitalization was pitched as an economic development project for the Upper Peninsula, which already has two working ski jumps. Michigan Is Spending Millions Trying To Refurbish a Ski ...
There are two other ski jumps in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan: Copper Peak is the only Ski flying venue in the western hemisphere, located near Ironwood, Michigan (and has been called "Suicide hill"), [8] as well as the pre-existing Suicide Hill Ski Jump located at Ishpeming, Michigan, which is near the National Ski Hall of Fame. [8]