Howelsen Hill Ski Area

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• K 75
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Howelsen Hill is a plant with seven ski jumping hills in the city Steamboat Springs in Colorado.

History

For the Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival a ski jump was built in 1914 in a designated as Elk Park area. The reason for the great interest in skiing were the ideas of the Norwegian ski jumper Carl Howelsen and immigrant. The later namesake of the jump is attributed to a significant contribution to the development of skiing in Colorado.

1918 three ski flying world records - were on the plant in 1916. Over time had at the hill several times works are carried out to reflect the constantly newly issued FIS requirements. In the 1970s after a fire, a new building was necessary, in the course of which sprung up in 1978, the seven hills today. Since the plastic covering the HS 75 in 2005, the use of time throughout the year.

On the hill many National Championships were held in addition to competitions in the Nordic combined.