Great Titlis ski jump – Engelberg (SUI)
HS Hill-Size: 137 m
K point-K: 125 m
b° Inclination angle at point K: 34,00°
h Height difference between threshold and point K:
n Distance between threshold and point K:
h/n 0,583
a° Threshold inclination angle: 10,50°
s Threshold height: 3,2 m
e In-run length: 102 m
t Threshold length
Good to know
K-hill record 120: 137,5 m
Sigurd Pettersen (NOR) – 20.12.2003
Position
Switzerland, ok. 50 km south of Luzern.
Ranga
A well-known winter sports resort. The place where the World Cup and Continental Cup competitions are organized.
information / Internet
Organization:
World Cup Head Office
Tourist Center
CH-6390 Engelberg
Tel.: +41 (0)41 639 77 33
Fax: +41 (0)41 639 77 66
e-mail: weltcup@engelberg.ch
Room reservation:
Engelberg-Titlis Tourismus AG
Tourist Center Engelberg
CH-6390 Engelberg
Tel.: +41 (0)41 639 77 77
Fax: +41 (0)41 639 77 66
e-mail: tourist.center@engelberg.ch
Drive
…by car: the A2 motorway (Bazylea-Gotthard), departure from Stans-South, main road to Engelberg. Travel time
from Basel, Bern or Zurich: 1.5 – 2 hours.
…by train: to Zurich or Lucerne; then by the Luzerna-Stans-Engelberg railway (ok. 1 time). From the station to the ski jump you have to walk approx. 2 min.
The history of the hill
Engelberg is one of the first places in Switzerland with ski jumping hills. The first ski jumping in Engelberg took place in 1904 with ten jumpers. And just seven years earlier, the general meeting of ski clubs allocated a loan
in height 133.5 francs for the construction of a new ski jump.
However, after only a few years the hill was outdated and a new project was started to be considered – the Titlis hill.
International competitions were held on the middle hill.
A boys' hill was built for the young generation. After the visit of club representatives in Austria, the club decided to build a large hill. They wanted to avoid old mistakes and build a modern facility. The engineer Giacomo Baldissera was present during the planning and construction of the hill.
In the late 1960s, a cost-effective design was developed 300 000 francs.
W 1971 For the first time on the new Titlis hill, official competitions of the Swiss ski jumping competition took place. Unfortunately, already fourteen years later the hill was considered not very modern and not enough to get the FIS certificate, many important elements had to be improved. The budget was set at the level 350 000 francs, which is more than the cost of erecting a new facility a few years earlier.
The first credit for Engelberg amounted to only 100 000 francs.
26 February 1984 world championships in team jumping should be held here, but the hill did not meet all the requirements yet. On the second loan application, the organizers took the risk of rebuilding the inrun and fortunately managed to organize the competition.
Today the Titlis hill is the largest natural hill in the world. Jumps to are possible here 140 meters.