McSorley Hill

McSorley Hill (also: Bush Street Ski Jump) was a K30 ski jumping hill located in Red Wing, Minnesota, United States, opened in 1887.

McSorley Hill Bush Street Ski Jump
Location	Red Wing, Minnesota, US
Coordinates	44°33′38″N 92°31′19″W
Opened	8 February 1887
Size
K–point	K30
Hill record	31.4 m (103 ft) Torjus Hemmestveit (15 January 1893)

History

On 8 February 1887, a ski jumping hill owned by the Aurora Ski Club opened with a ski jumping competition^[1] often cited as first ever on US soil.^[2] Mikkjel Hemmestveit set the first ever American record at 37 feet (11.3 metres).

Two official world records in ski jumping were set on this hill. In 1891 Mikkjel Hemmestveit set a record at 102 feet (31.1 metres) and two years later was improved by Torjus Hemmestveit to 102.5 feet (31.4 metres).^[3][4]

On 17 February 1894, Torjus Hemmestveit made a world record distance jump at 120 feet (36.6 metres), but he fell and it didn't count as a record.^[5][6][7]

Ski jumping world records

No.	Date	Name	Country	Metres	Feet
#6	9 March 1891	Mikkjel Hemmestveit	Norway	31.1	102
#7	15 January 1893	Torjus Hemmestveit	Norway	31.4	103
F	17 February 1894	Torjus Hemmestveit	Norway	36.6	120

  Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.