One of the many highlights in the upcoming ski jumping winter season, besides the 4-Hills-Tournament and the Nordic Ski World Championships in Lahti, will take place in Oberstdorf (GER) from February 3rd to 5th. There the world's best ski jumpers will fight for World Cup points on the completely modernized Heini-Klopfer-Ski Flying hill.
For the ski jumpers and ski flyers it will also be about getting to know the reconstructed ski flying hill because in 2018 the Ski Flying World Championships will be held on this facility and this World Cup is the only chance to test the hill before this major event.
The ski flying hills in Vikersund (NOR), Bad Mitterndorf / Kulm (AUT) and Planica (SLO) were all modernized in the recent years, now the Heini-Klopfer hill in Oberstdorf follows.
New inrun track, new inclined elevator, reconstruction of the take-off table, new landing area. The construction measures are enormous and in case of a ski flying hill the dimensions are huge. The effort can be estimated the best by watching the live webcam. The landing area and the outrun alone are the size of various soccer fields.
Who wants to visit the impressive construction site, can take part in one of the guided tours. These tours are held every two weeks.
Costs: 11.8 million Euro
Expressed in one figure this means: 11.8 million. The reconstruction of the facility costs 11.8 million Euro. The reconstruction of the 43-year-old facility became necessary especially due to the development of the sport of ski jumping and changed FIS regulations. The Heini-Klopfer hill is the only ski flying hill in Germany and one of five ski flying hills world wide in use now. These 5 ski flying hills are: Vikersund (NOR), Bad Mitterndorf / Kulm (AUT), Planica (SLO), Harrachov (CZE) and Oberstdorf (GER).
The facility and especially the free-standing inrun tower in Oberstdorf is unique and a popular sight and tourist attraction in the Allgaeu region.
The size (K-point 200 and Hill-Size 225) of the Heini-Kloper ski flying hill will remain unchanged after the reconstruction.
Source: fis-ski.com
