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October 15, 2014

Historic New Hampshire ski jump may be fixed

  • Backers want to turn it into a tourist site with story boards, a picnic area and observation platform at the takeoff point. They don't plan to use it for jumping again.
  • By LYNNE TUOHY
    Associated Press

    BERLIN, N.H. — A historic ski jump that once attracted up to 30,000 spectators and made New Hampshire an important winter sports destination after it opened in 1938 is getting a chance to soar again.

    The Nansen Ski Jump in Milan lured some of the biggest names in jumping to the state's North Country for decades and was host to Olympic tryouts, World Cup competitions and four national championships before the last jumper flew off it in 1985.


     
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