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Storrs Hill, NH 03/12/11

billski

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So billski is off on another Ski Safari. The first stop was Storrs Hill Ski Area, run by the Lebanon Outing Club. Eight cars in the lot, count-em! It is literally within the town limits of Lebanon, NH. I love these little places where nobody is a stranger for long. Storrs Hill is owned by the town and is considered recreation land. It's run by volunteers and is always looking for help.

The lodge was cozy yet complete. They kept their snow making hoses under the benches!
Apologies for the photos. What you see of the lodge is what you get!

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Sorry, I can't figure out how to get a good indoor photo with this camera phone.




I paid my ticket fare of ten dollars for an all-day pass. It was hand-written, which is pretty standard at a place this size. That was one of the lowest prices I'd ever paid at that time. More on that in the next safari stop later.


Storrs has an impressive number of active ski jumps. They looked a bit scary, not as substantial as the Olympic 60 and 90 meters, but I guess you gotta start somewhere!

Training jump:
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The BIG jump:
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I jumped on the T-bar, and the man kept checking to make sure this wasn't my first time. You know how to use this? You OK? Glad to see the love and attention.
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Nice pasture-like setting. The view of the city was unusual but not unique.

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Good, soft corn snow.

It's 2pm. Time to round up the cattle and move on north to the pastures of Northeast slopes. Move them doggies along! Git! Git!

(Ski Safari continues...)
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Nicholas "Nick" Alexander (born August 24, 1988) is an American ski jumper from Lebanon, New Hampshire, who has competed internationally since 2007. He won the 2010 Season, USA Men's National Ski Jumping Championships in Lake Placid, New York in October 2009. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he finished 11th in the team large hill, 40th in the individual large hill, and 41st in the individual normal hill events.

Alexander learned to ski and ski jump from members of the Lebanon Outing Club at the Storrs Hill Ski area.

from wikipedia - I know there has been a banner flying there in the past.
 

billski

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Look at those jumps! How do you get up the big jump??

Not surprising they have top jumpers. I believe a number of folks worked their way up to the big ones. They have regional competitions here. There are actually three jumps, I only have pics of two.

From what I could see, the stairs are inside the steel frame infrastructure - No room for dancing on top. Pretty amazing.
 
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