Curry Hill (Ironwood) Explained

Hill Name:	Curry Hill
City:	Ironwood, Michigan, US
Opened:	1906 (first time) 1922 (reopening)
Operator:	Ironwood Ski Club Norrie Athletic Club
Closed:	1914 (first time) 1930 (collapsed)
K-Spot:	K50
Hill Record:	56.4m (185feet) Walter Brattlund (1923)

Curry Hill was a K50 ski jumping hill located in Ironwood, Michigan, United States with two official world records set. It was operated by Ironwood Ski Club and Norrie Athletic Club.

History

The Ironwood Ski Club (organized in 1905) operated the 40 meter Curry Hill ski jump from 1906 through 1914^[1] and the Norrie Athletic Club operated the 50 meter Curry Hill site from 1922 to 1930 when it collapsed after a snow storm.

On 18 February 1911, American Anders Haugen set the first official world record at 152feet, the same day his fellow Barney Riley fell at 154feet world record distance.^[2]

On 18 February 1912, American James Presthus fell at 156feet world record distance and did not count as record.^[3]

On 16 February 1913, American Ragnar Omtvedt set the second official world record at 169feet at the afternoon longest standing jump competition and earlier that day he successfully landed at 158abbr=offNaNabbr=off world record distance, but it didn't count as this was the professional competition. Barney Riley crashed that day at 161 and 165 feet, but the order of jumps is not clear, so it is not clear if those two were falls at world record distances or not, depends if those two jumps happened before or after Omtvedt set world record at 169 ft.^{[4] [5]}

Elsewhere in 1915, American Ragnar Omtvedt successfully landed at 184feet world record distance, but did not count as it was set at unofficial event.^[6]

Ski jumping world records

	Date	Name	Country	Metres	Feet
bgcolor=gainsboro align=center	19	18 February 1911			46.3	152
bgcolor=gainsboro align=center		18 February 1911	Barney Riley		46.9	154
bgcolor=gainsboro align=center	F	18 February 1912	James Presthus		47.5	156
bgcolor=gainsboro align=center		16 February 1913			48.2	158
bgcolor=gainsboro align=center	F	16 February 1913	Barney Riley		49.1	161
bgcolor=gainsboro align=center	F	16 February 1913	Barney Riley		50.3	165
bgcolor=gainsboro align=center	21	16 February 1913			51.5	169
bgcolor=gainsboro align=center		1915			56	184

Not recognized! Fall at world record distance.
Not recognized! Set at professional event. Standing jump.
Falls! Unclear if set before of after 169 ft? If at WR distances or not?.
Not recognized! Set at unofficial event. Standing jump.

See also

• Wolverine Hill
• Copper Peak

External links

• Curry Hill skisprungschanzen.com

Notes and References

1. Supercynski, Charles (2017) "IRONWOOD: An Epicenter of International Ski Jumping" Michigan History Magazine Historical Society of Michigan
2. Web site: Sensational ski jumping (page 1, column 3). Calumet News. 20 February 1911.
3. Web site: Hopper 152 fod (pages 11, column 5). Nordisk Tidende. 22 February 1912. no.
4. Web site: Makes new ski record; 169 ft. Calumet News. 19 February 1913.
5. Web site: Ski jumping record broken by 13 feet. San Francisco Call. 16 February 1913.
6. Web site: Eit Ski Hop paa 56 Meter (page 4). Fremtiden. 13 April 1915. no.