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Mitchell Park Ski Slide:
| K-Point: | ca. 50 m |
  Hill record: |
51.8 m (170 ft) (Lars Haugen , 1916-02-27) |
| Further jumps: | no |
| Plastic matting: | no |
| Spectator capacity: | 4,000 |
| Year of construction: | 1914 |
| Status: | destroyed |
| Ski club: | Virginia Ski Club |
| Coordinates: | 47.4866657, -92.558256 
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History:
At the turn of 1913 and 1914 in Virginia, Minnesota, a steel ski scaffold was moved from Iron Range Hill to Mitchell Park, on the railway line halfway between Virginia and Eveleth. The new facility was built to accommodate longer jumps and to host the United States Championships on February 15, 1914. The national competition was won by Ragnar Omtvedt from Chicago, with a best attempt of 161 feet (49.1 m). The competition was watched by 4,000 spectators, and there was no space in the stands for another 2,000. The jump from top to bottom was 206 feet long (less than 63 m), which, according to the press, made it "the longest ski jumping slide in the world" at the time. In February 1916, Lars Haugen jumped 170 feet there, which was then the record result achieved in America. Later, the area between Virginia and Eveleth was devoted to iron mining.
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