Lahti Ski Jumping Hills, Part 2
You can read the first part of this article here. This part of the article will show pictures of the ski jumping towers and also the great views from the top of the largest tower which is open to the public in the summer months. The largest hill in particular is a very large structure. The largest hill tower is 80 metres tall.
I took my wife's nephews to the tower. Our family had visited it before but they hadn't. Only the pictures from the top were taken yesterday. I visited the tower last week to find out if it was open already (it wasn't and the information on the web was false). That's why the weather is different in the pictures on the ground than in the pictures taken at the top.
This is the large hill from the ground. It is 80 m tall.
This is the normal hill (the mid-sized one).
This is the smallest one of the three.
Used by rock climbers for practice
After coming out of the lift and walking a couple of storeys up we saw this.
Yet another level up and we could see the entire stadium area.
The harbour and the district of Niemi in the east
This is the harbour area cropped. Sibelius Hall is on the right.
This is the uppermost level. That you can lean against the glass and fall 80 m if it breaks sends shivers down my spine.
Lake Vesijärvi in the north. There is yet another large open body of water over the horizon. Its northern limit is the Second Salpausselkä, a chain of gravel and moraine ridges about 500 km long. The second largest lake in the country, Lake Päijänne is on the other side of the Second Salpausselkä. This tower and most of the city centre of Lahti is on the First Salpausselkä. Myllysaari (the yacht club) is the island at the end of the chain of islands on the left. I made a post about it a couple of weeks ago.
The city centre
The top of the normal hill
This is how jumping from the large hill looks like from a jumper's perspective.
At the chair lift. The jumpers use this one during games. Then they take the lift to the top of the tower.
On our way back up
I asked the staff at the pool in the pit below the large hill whether there was a sauna available for the swimmers and if the water in the pool was heated. They said yes and yes. The use of the pool costs for €5.6 for adults and €2.8 for kids. You are allowed to use the pool and the facilities for as long as you want during one day. The sauna is on the other side of the ski jumping stadium about 50 m away. There were many swimmers. It's a good alternative to a beach on a cold day. The depth of the pool varies from 90 cm to 3 metres.
Hi Markku. Thanks for showing us around. Really interesting. Looks high but the video showing the jumpers perspective it doesn't look so bad. The city center doesn't look huge either.
Yes, the center is quite compact. The railway is to the south, the (natural) hill next to which the ski center is located is in the west, the lake is in the north and to the east there is a tall rocky hill. Natural obstacles constrains it to a relatively small space. The city itself has about 118,000 inhabitants.
As cities go then it is rather small. It's a city in Finland but other places it would be a town? Unless by having a university classifies it as a city.
There is no university in Lahti but it is the capital of its region.
Ok. Makes sense then.
Also, what is considered a city and what is considered a town is quite arbitrary, varies a lot from country to country and there is no direct link between the population size of a country what is considered a city.
The inclined glass walls are pretty awesome. I need something solid like concrete and steel to make me feel comfortable on a height. Glass, no matter how strong doesn't really provide that comfort - a thrill yes but no comfort
those images are very interesting, it must be very scary to be up there
It wasn't but I'm not particularly afraid of heights.
the adrenaline and the emotion must arrive a lot, it must be very exciting, but I would also say that it is risky for a person who is just learning, beautiful photos
Good friend here in Venezuela you do not see any of this, I stand great, I like you have shot many pictures of various angles
I was impressed with the height, personally I have fear of heights, but the photos were incredible, excellent @markkujantunen
sky jumping like Eddie the Eagle!!! Thanks to that movie I was aware of the greatness of that discipline. It's an awesome and terrifying sport. hahahaah. Nice pictures.
Do you mean Eddie Edwards? The British ski jumper who was always last but whose spirit was admired by everyone.
Yes, I'm talking about him, but I was introduced to that story through the movie. Although the movie is not a precise adaptation of the real story, it was inspiring enough. Have you seen it?
Unfortunately, I haven't. But I have seen him jump numerous times.
It's a good movie, I recommend it. It's interesting that he participated in the same olympics that inspire the movie Cool runnings about the Jamaica national bobsleigh team.
Simply WOW Markku!!!
Incredible to check that out beautiful and stunning shots from there breathtaking post wow :D
It's a super incredible views so much green, when you said "open to the public" I didn't think it was a observation post, that is so cool, the information about the pool you already talked about that but the climbers wall is new at least I don't remember.
Definitely was a good idea to split the post in two, so you could give a good overview of all this amazing view and landmark of lahti, I'm going to take this into account, and what I like most all your descriptions, it's no use to paste photos without, well that is my opinion.