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Howelsen Hill:

Hill Size:	HS 127
K-Point:	114 m
Hill record:	127.0 m (Clint Jones , 2002-02-28)
Official hill record:	127.0 m (David Zauner , 2004-12-12, NC-WCB)
Hill record:	118.0 m (Lindsey Van , 2006-03-19)
Take-off angle:	11.5°
Landing angle:	35°
Plastic matting:	no
Conversions:	2001
Status:	out of order
Coordinates:	40.482102, -106.840326 ✔

– K114 (2001-...) – K112 (1977-2001) – K60 (1914-1972) –

Howelsen Hill:

Hill Size:	HS 100
K-Point:	90 m
Hill record:	105.5 m (Jason Colby , 2023-12-09)
Longest jump:	98.5 m (Estella Hassrick , 2023-12-10)
Hill record:	96.0 m (Estella Hassrick , 2023-12-09)
Take-off angle:	10.5°
Landing angle:	34.5°
Plastic matting:	no
Conversions:	2001
Coordinates:	40.482035, -106.839838 ✔

– K90 (2001-...) – K88 (1977-2001) –

Howelsen Hill:

Hill Size:	HS 75
K-Point:	68 m
Hill record:	76.5 m (Anders Johnson , 2005-03-05)
	76.5 m (Ben Berend , 2013-07-03)
Hill record:	75.0 m (Caleb Zuckerman , 2019-07-03)
Hill record:	73.0 m (Annika Belshaw , 2019-02-23)
Hill record:	72.5 m (Jessica Jerome , 2013-07-03)
Inrun length:	77.38 m
Inrun angle:	34°
Take-off length:	5.75 m
Take-off angle:	10.1°
Take-off height:	2.1 m
Speed:	79.2 km/h
Landing angle:	33°
Hill certificate:
Plastic matting:	yes
Conversions:	2001
Coordinates:	40.482652, -106.840140 ✔

– K68 (2001-...) – K60.5 (1977-2001) –

Howelsen Hill:

Hill Size:	HS 45
K-Point:	41 m
Hill record:	45.5 m (Skyler Amy , 2019-02-23)
Hill record:	45.0 m (Annika Belshaw , 2016-01-22)
Plastic matting:	yes
Year of construction:	2012
Coordinates:	40.483008, -106.840036 ✔

Hill Size:	HS 30
K-Point:	27 m
Plastic matting:	no

Hill Size:	HS 20
K-Point:	18 m
Plastic matting:	no

Hill Size:	HS 8
K-Point:	7 m
Plastic matting:	yes
Year of construction:	2021

Further jumps:	no
Year of construction:	1914
Conversions:	1931, 1948, 1959, 1977, 2001, 2012, 2021
Status:	operating
Ski club:	Steamboat Springs WSC
Coordinates:	40.482102, -106.840326 ✔

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History:

In 1905 an artist performed at the U.S. American circus Bailey whose performance was to act like a ski jumper in the arena. At that time this extraordinary sport was called “ski sailing”. The guy who did that was no one else than the man who won the ski jumping competition at Holmenkollen two years before, named Karl Howelsen, being a Norwegian immigrant and settling at Steamboat Springs some years later.
Being situated in the central Rocky Mountains, Steamboat Springs with its alpine downhill courses, cross-country trails and ski jumps - the oldest still used ones in the whole US - is now one of the leading winter sports ressorts in Colorado. Since 1914 the “Winter Carnival” has taken place every year with different competitions and is a synonym of the long-lasting tradition.
While the first Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival in February 1914 still took place on a small ski jumping site at Woodchuck Hill, Carl Howelsen then built a larger ski jumping hill at Elk Park during 1914. The ski jump, from 1917 on called Howelsen Hill, was inaugurated with the 1915 Winter Carnival and should allow record-breaking jumps. Furthermore, in 1915 the Steamboat Winter Sports Club was founded. With a jump on 192 feet (58.5 m) Ragnar Omtvedt fulfilled Howelsen's dream in 1916 - it was a new world record! In the following year, Henry Hall even improved the world record on Howelsen Hill to 203 feet (61.9 m). Lars and Anders Haugan reached world record distances as well, but could not land their jumps.
In 1931 the ski jump was enlarged, however, not allowing world records anymore. In 1934 the first ski lift at the same hill was opened and one year later the first night jumping event under floodlights took place. With the development of the way of jumping and the distances, the ski jump was changed and enlarged over the years. As in 1948 and 1959, when also the smaller hills were built.
In 1972 the inrun tower of the large hill burned down and it took 5 years to reconstruct and modernize the whole facility as K112, K88, and K60.5 by 1977. During the 1990s and 2000s, Howelsen Hill was a regular site of World Cup and Continental-Cup competitions of Nordic Combined. Furthermore, Steamboat Springs was a US Nordic training site until 2002.
In 2000-2001 the larger hills were re-profiled as K114, K90, and K68. Besides the K68 a new plastic-covered K41 hill was constructed in 2012 and the old winter hill K38 was given up. In 2021, a small plastic-covered K7 hill was added.

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6) Kryštof Adámek wrote on 2023-12-10 at 08:59:

Record

9-12-2023 Jason Colby tied 105,5 hill record on HS100

4) Sweet wrote on 2019-02-26 at 22:20:

Large Hill was reopened, last weekend there was been a longest standing competition. Decker Dean win with 123 m jump, Sarah Hendrickson jumps here too.

3) Willy Graves wrote on 2016-08-25 at 15:34:

Hill Record

David Zauner (AUT) also tied the hill record of 127M on December, 12 2004.

http://www.weltcup-b.org/wcb-home_Kalender.htm

2) Artur wrote on 2012-12-06 at 09:12:

New plastic matting's HS45 hill

New plastic matting's HS45 hill:

http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/379034_482829818403964_943693126_n.jpg

1) Michał Dadej wrote on 2012-01-19 at 20:31:

Steamboat

really amazing :)114 metres on alpine skis

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K114	2004-12-12:	127.0 m	David Zauner	NC-WCB
K114	2002-03-28:	125.5 m	Alan Alborn	N-USA
K114	2002-02-28:	127.0 m	Clint Jones
K112	1999-12-19:	127.0 m	Satoshi Mori	NC-WC
K112	1999-12-19:	127.0 m	Todd Lodwick	NC-WC
K112	1994-01-29:	121.0 m	Todd Lodwick	N-USA
K112	1981-02-08:	110.0 m	Horst Bulau	N-USA
K60	1920-02-29:	66.4 m	(218 ft) Anders Haugen
K60	1919-02-28:	62.5 m	(205 ft) Anders Haugen
K60	1919-02-28:	64.6 m	(212 ft) Lars Haugen
K60	1917-03-02:	61.9 m	(203 ft) Henry Hall		WR
K60	1916-02-18:	58.8 m	(193 ft) Ragnar Omtvedt		WR

K90	2023-12-09:	105.5 m	Jason Colby
K90	2018-12-02:	105.0 m	Casey Larson
K90	2016-12-10:	105.0 m	Casey Larson
K90	2015-12-05:	105.0 m	Casey Larson
K90	2006-01-22:	101.5 m	Clint Jones	N-USA
K90	2006-01-22:	100.0 m	Todd Lodwick	N-USA
K90	2004-01-10:	97.0 m	Stefan Read	NJ-NAM
K90	2003-12-06:	96.5 m	Dominik Bafia
K88	1998-03-19:	95.5 m	Casey Colby	N-USA
K88	1994-01-30:	94.5 m	Randy Weber	N-USA

K90	2023-12-10:	98.5 m	Estella Hassrick
K90	2023-12-09:	96.0 m	Estella Hassrick
K90	2018-12-02:	94.0 m	Paige Jones
K90	2015-12-05:	91.5 m	Cara Larson
K90	2015-12-05:	91.5 m	Cara Larson
K90	2014-12-06:	86.5 m	Emilee Anderson

Sa.	2018-12-15	19:00 :	NC-COC	K68	1. Paul Gerstgraser
Sa.	2018-12-15	19:00 :	NC-L-COC	K68	1. Tara Geraghty-Moats
Fr.	2018-12-14	20:15 :	NC-COC	K68	1. Taylor Fletcher
Fr.	2018-12-14	20:15 :	NC-L-COC	K68	1. Tara Geraghty-Moats
Su.	2017-12-17	18:30 :	NC-COC	K68	1. Mikko Kokslien
Sa.	2017-12-16	18:30 :	NC-COC	K68	1. Mikko Kokslien
Fr.	2017-12-15	19:50 :	NC-COC	K68	1. Mikko Kokslien
Su.	2010-12-05	:	NC-COC	K114	1. Todd Lodwick
Sa.	2010-12-04	:	NC-COC	K114	1. Todd Lodwick
Su.	2006-12-10	:	NC-WCB	K114	1. Tino Edelmann
Sa.	2006-12-09	:	NC-WCB	K114	1. Lukas Klapfer
	2007	:	N-USA	K114	1. Bill Demong
	2007	:	N-USA	K90	1. Bill Demong
Sa.	2006-01-21	:	N-USA	K114	1. Todd Lodwick
Su.	2005-12-11	:	NC-WCB	K114	1. Todd Lodwick
Sa.	2005-12-10	:	NC-WCB	K114	1. Todd Lodwick
	2006	:	N-USA	K90	1. Clint Jones
Su.	2004-12-12	:	NC-WCB	K114	1. Eric Camerota
Sa.	2004-12-11	:	NC-WCB	K114	1. Matthias Menz
	2005	:	N-USA	K90	1. Todd Lodwick

	2005	:	N-USA	K114	1. Todd Lodwick
Su.	2004-03-21	:	N-USA	K114	1. Todd Lodwick
Sa.	2004-03-20	:	N-USA	K90	1. Todd Lodwick
Sa.	2004-01-10	:	NJ-NAM	K90	1. Stefan Read
Fr.	2004-01-09	:	NJ-NAM	K114	1. Stefan Read
Su.	2002-12-15	:	NC-WCB	K114	1. Kenneth Braaten
Sa.	2002-12-14	:	NC-WCB	K114	1. Kenneth Braaten
Fr.	2002-12-13	:	NC-WCB	K114	1. Kenneth Braaten
	2003	:	N-USA	K90	1. Alan Alborn
	2003	:	N-USA	K114	1. Johnny Spillane
Th.	2002-03-28	:	N-USA	K114	1. Alan Alborn
We.	2002-03-27	:	N-USA	K90	1. Alan Alborn
Tu.	2001-12-18	:	NC-WC	K114	1. Ronny Ackermann
Su.	2001-12-16	:	NC-WC	K90	1. Felix Gottwald
Sa.	2001-01-27	:	NC-WC	K88	1. Sebastian Haseney
Th.	2001-01-25	:	NC-WC	K112	1. Todd Lodwick
Su.	2000-03-26	:	N-USA	K112	1. Clint Jones
Fr.	2000-03-24	:	N-USA	K88	1. Brendan Doran
Tu.	1999-12-21	:	NC-WC	K88	1. Samppa Lajunen
Su.	1999-12-19	:	NC-WC	K112	1. Ladislav Rygl

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Hill Size:	HS 125
K-Point:	112 m
Hill record:	127.0 m (Satoshi Mori , 1999-12-19, NC-WC)
	127.0 m (Todd Lodwick , 1999-12-19, NC-WC)
Take-off angle:	11°
Landing angle:	38°
Plastic matting:	no
Year of construction:	1977
Operating until:	2001

K-Point:	60 m
Longest jump:	66.4 m (218 ft) (Anders Haugen , 1920-02-29)
Hill record:	61.9 m (203 ft) (Henry Hall , 1917-03-02)
Plastic matting:	no
Year of construction:	1914
Conversions:	1931, 1948, 1959
Year of destruction:	1972

Hill Size:	HS 97
K-Point:	88 m
Hill record:	95.5 m (Casey Colby , 1998-03-19, N-USA)
Take-off angle:	10°
Landing angle:	37°
Plastic matting:	no
Year of construction:	1977
Operating until:	2001

K-Point:	60.5 m
Take-off angle:	9.5°
Landing angle:	34.5°
Plastic matting:	yes
Year of construction:	1977
Operating until:	2001

K68	2019-07-03:	75.0 m	Caleb Zuckerman
K68	2013-07-03:	76.5 m	Ben Berend
K68	2005-03-05:	76.5 m	Anders Johnson

K68	2019-02-23:	73.0 m	Annika Belshaw
K68	2019-02-23:	72.0 m	Anna Hoffmann
K68	2019-02-23:	71.0 m	Annika Belshaw
K68	2015-12-05:	69.5 m	Cara Larson
K68	2013-07-03:	72.5 m	Jessica Jerome

Sa.	1998-12-12	:	NC-WC	K112	1. Bjarte Engen Vik
Th.	1998-12-10	:	NC-WC	K88	1. Hannu Manninen
Sa.	1998-03-21	:	N-USA	K112	1. Todd Lodwick
Th.	1998-03-19	:	N-USA	K88	1. Randy Weber
Sa.	1997-12-13	:	NC-WC	K88	1. Mario Stecher
Th.	1997-12-11	:	NC-WC	K88	1. Hannu Manninen
We.	1996-12-11	:	NC-WC	K88	1. Halldor Skard
Sa.	1995-12-09	:	NC-WC-T	K88
We.	1995-12-06	:	NC-WC	K88	1. Todd Lodwick
Th.	1994-12-01	:	NC-WC-TS	K88
Tu.	1994-11-29	:	NC-WC	K112	1. Knut Tore Apeland
Su.	1994-01-30	:	N-USA	K88	1. Randy Weber
Sa.	1994-01-29	:	N-USA	K112	1. Todd Lodwick
	1991	:	N-USA	K88	1. Jim Holland & Mark Konopacke
	1991	:	N-USA	K112	1. Ryan Heckman
	1988	:	N-USA	K88	1. Mark Konopacke
	1988	:	N-USA	K112	1. Mike Holland
	1987	:	N-USA	K112	1. Mike Holland
	1986	:	N-USA	K88	1. Rick Mewborn
	1986	:	N-USA	K112	1. Mike Holland

	1984	:	N-USA	K88	1. Jeff Hastings
	1984	:	N-USA	K112	1. Jeff Hastings
Su.	1981-02-08	:	N-USA	K112	1. Horst Bulau
	1981	:	N-USA	K88	1. Horst Bulau
	1963	:	N-USA	K60	1. Eugene Kotlarek
	1953	:	N-USA	K60	1. Arthur Tokle
	1946	:	N-USA	K60	1. Alf Engen
	1927	:	N-USA	K60	1. Lars Haugen
	1921	:	N-USA	K60	1. Carl Howelsen

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