McSorley Hill

McSorley Hill
Bush Street Ski Jump
Location Red Wing, Minnesota
United States
Opened 1887
Size
K–point K-30
Official hill record 31.4 m (103 ft)
Norway Torjus Hemmestveit
(1893)

McSorley Hill (also: Bush Street Ski Jump) was a ski jumping hill located in Red Wing, Minnesota. Owned by the Aurora Ski Club, it had a K-point at 30 m (98 ft). The hill was opened in 1887 and was in use until the late 1920s. The hill is no longer in use. One world record in ski jumping was set at McSorley Hill.

World record

Date Ski Jumper Country Meters Yards Feet
1891 Mikkjel Hemmestveit  Norway 31.1 34.0 102
1893 Torjus Hemmestveit  Norway 31.4 34.3 103

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