Olympic Jumping Complex

Ski Jumps

The Olympic Jumping Complex was included in the “see it all” ticket we purchased a couple weeks ago. The complex is opened every day, but on Wednesday and Saturday’s they have a jumping program which is included in the ticket. So naturally we saved that ticket for today to take in the program. The Jumping Complex is comprised of the 90-meter and 120-meter ski jump towers, a freestyle jump and a pool with kickers and trampolines where the freestyle skiers train during the summer months. Skiers are also able to train on the 90-meter jumping tower. The 120-meter tower is open for tourist inspection. That’s us.

Wet and Wild Skiers

Learning twists and turns on a trampoline.

We stopped first at the pool to take in the Wet and Wild Wednesday program. It was pretty impressive. There are Olympic athletes from the US and Russian ski teams in Lake Placid for summer training and they were the performers for today’s program. Some of the athletes had won medals at the 2006 games. I was pretty impressed. I had expected to see performers, not real athletes and certainly not Olympic athletes. Beginners use trampolines to perfect their twists and turns.

A perfect landing

Going up

After the program we stood in the long line to take the chairlift to the jumping towers. As we waited in line, we had the privilege of watching more Olympic athletes train on the 90-meter jump. That was cool, but they always got the next chair available on the chairlift. It was pretty weird to see skiers in the summer. At the 26 story high tower we took an elevator to the observation deck. Great views!! We got to go out onto the jumping platform and to the judge’s box. Now those are the seats to have.

View from the jump window

Going Down