<P> The Pine Mountain Ski Jump is one of the highest artificially created ski jumps in the world, located in Iron Mountain, Michigan, Dickinson County . It is part of the Kiwanis Ski Club and hosts annual FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup competitions . "Pine Mountain Slide is known throughout the world as one of the better jumping hills ." Annually in February, it "hosts jumpers from around the world at the best tournament in the United States ." Top - rated foreign jumpers compete . Currently (excluding ski flying hills) Pine Mountain holds the U.S. records for the longest jump in World Cup competition at 140m (459 feet), as well as the overall distance record at 143.5 m (471 feet). The facility also includes two smaller ski jumping hills that are built into the hill northwest of the large hill . Attendance is about 20,000 . </P> <Ul> <Li> Scaffold height: 176 feet (54 m) </Li> <Li> Scaffold length: 117m </Li> <Li> Length of underhill (end of take - off to outrun): 632 feet (193 m) </Li> <Li> Length of underhill (end of scaffold to end of outrun): 1,032 feet (315 m) </Li> <Li> Critical point (K - point) of landing hill: 394 feet (120 m) </Li> <Li> Hill Size (HS): 133m </Li> <Li> Pitch of landing hill: 39 ° </Li> <Li> Estimated speed of skiers at takeoff (variable depending on wind and other factors): 55--65 mph (89--105 km / h) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Scaffold height: 176 feet (54 m) </Li> <Li> Scaffold length: 117m </Li>

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