PrintEcker Hill
For two decades, Ecker Hill attracted some of the world's top ski jumpers. Five world records were set here. Started in 1927 by the Rasmussen family, the hill was ready for championship jumping in 1931. Even though the slope was a natural for jumping, it took hard work hauling dirt and snow in with shovels and wheelbarrows to get it just right for world class events. In an exhibition jump Alf Engen jumped 296 feet; a record distance for Ecker. The last tournament was held in 1964. Part of the scaffolding can still be seen as one journeys up the road through the Pinebrook subdivision.
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