Rukatunturi ski jumping hill

Rukatunturi
Rukatunturi
Location	Kuusamo, Finland
Coordinates	66°10′16″N 29°08′40″E / 66.17111°N 29.14444°E
Opened	1964
Renovated	1983, 1986, 1996, 2016
Size
K–point	K-120
Hill size	HS142
Hill record	150.5 m (494 ft); Halvor Egner Granerud; (27 November 2022)

The Rukatunturi ski jumping hill is a complex of Finnish ski jumping hills located in Ruka – a town located north of Kuusamo – and is the largest ski jumping hill in Finland.^[1] It regularly hosts the opening events of the ski jumping World Cup and nordic combined World Cup. It includes the K120 large hill and smaller facilities K64.^[2]

Since the 2002–2003 season, Ruka has regularly hosted World Cup competitions, and sometimes also hosts the Continental Cup.

Before the 2016–2017 season, ice tracks were installed on the hill.^[3] The large hill and two smaller hills have a plastic matting. The official record is 150.5 metres, jumped by Halvor Egner Granerud, in the Ski Jumping competition in 2022.^[4]

Hill parameters

Construction point: 120 m
Hill size (HS): 142 m
Official hill record: 150.5 m – Halvor Egner Granerud (27 November 2022)
Hill record: 153.5 m – Jarl Magnus Riiber (26 November 2023)
Inrun length: 100.5 m
Inrun angle: 35°
Take-off length: 6.75 m
Take-off angle: 11.3°
Take-off height: 3.5 m
Landing angle: 36.9°
Average speed: 94.7 km/h

The facility is equipped with plastic mattings and has got a porcelain trail in the inrun, a ski lift, an elevator, a heated waiting room and artificial lighting.^[5]