Ecker Hill Ski Jump

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Ecker Hill Ski Jump
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Nearest city Snyderville, Utah
Coordinates 40°44′40.4″N111°34′34.8″W / 40.744556°N 111.576333°W / 40.744556; -111.576333 (Location per NRIS)
Area7.3 acres (3.0 ha)
Built1928
NRHP reference No. 86001251 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1986

The Ecker Hill Ski Jump, in Summit County, Utah near Snyderville, Utah, was built in 1928. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]

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According to its National Register nomination in 1986, "The Ecker Hill Ski Jump consists of an approximately 300 foot hillside that was first groomed for jumping in 1928, a dilapidated wooden takeoff ramp, extremely deteriorated remnants of a judging or observation stand and of a wooden stairway that ascends the hill, a frame shed at the base of the hill (c. 1950?), and a small wooden judging stand that was probably built in the 1950s or later. Despite the deteriorated condition of those structures, the site retains its integrity because its principal feature, the hill itself, is still discernible as a ski jumping site." [2]

Numerous photos of ski jump competitions survive. [3]

It is located off Interstate 80. [2]

There is a large historic plaque at a park on Pinebrook Road, below the jump's site, which presumably commemorates the jump. [4] It appears the hillside going up is open to hiking up.

For more information about Ecker Hill, and the History of Skiing in Utah you can visit the Alf Engen Ski Museum located about 2.5 miles away. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Roger Roper (April 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ecker Hill Ski Jump". National Park Service . Retrieved October 28, 2019. With accompanying four photos from 1984 and one from 1937
  3. "Ecker Hill: A Photographic Exhibit". State of Utah. 3 June 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  4. Google satellite view copyrighted 2019 and Google Streetview dated June 2019 shows the plaque, but not close enough to read, accessed October 2019
  5. "Historic Ecker Hill | Alf Engen Ski Museum". engenmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-02-24.