SKI FLYING IN OBERTSDORF
Ski Jumping Tower in the Alps
An
unforgettable winter ski experience a trip to the Heini-Klopfer Ski
Flying
Tower in the Alpine colonial village of Oberstdrof in Germany’s
Allgau Alps region. The ski jump track is 139 meters long to the jump
ramp, launching at 106 km per hour, landing at 130 km an hour. From the
highest launch point to the last landing is 207 meters of height distance
with the tower rising up to 72 meters over the snowy hard ground below.
Modern and elegant, the new design tower at Oberstdorf is of a compressed
concrete construction with a flying track raked at 39 degrees. The waiting
platform can hold 100 ski-jumpers at one time. Reached by a slanted elevator
system carrying twelve skiers to the heated tower with waxing areas,
bathrooms
and a concierge kiosk.. 220 skiers can be carried to the top of the tower
in an hour.
The tower at Oberstdorf hosted the Ski Flying World Cup, with the world's best ski jumpers making a try setting new world’s record. But the rest of the year, the world’s newest and most unique ski flying tower is open to amateurs as well as champions brave enough to fly from the 75 meters ramp into the alpine air.
Oberstdorf in Allgau is southwest of Munich on the Austrian border is also home to the Fellhornbahn and the Nebelhornbahn, two of the highest cable car rides in the German Alps for winter and summer over some of the most magnificent Alpine views and the National Figure Skating training center. Oberstdorf can be reached by train or auto. The nearest airports are Friedrichshafen, Munich or Zurich. © Bargain Travel Europe
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SEE ALSO
WINTER FUN IN GERMANY - SKIING, BOB-SLED RUNS
GERMAN
WINE ROAD PALATINE
SWITZERLAND
SCENIC GLACIER EXPRESS
