Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
EXPERTS VISIT Copper Peak Wednesday during a meeting to discuss design improvements to the site in preparation for the return of ski flying competition to the Gogebic Range. Among those taking part in the meeting were, from left, Torgeir Nordby, Toshiyuki Shimano and Kazuya Tajiri, a Michigan Tech professor who volunteered to act as Shimano's translator.
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Experts from around the world gathered in Ironwood Township Wednesday for the first day of a two-day meeting focused on the design improvements necessary to prepare Copper Peak for the return of international competition.
"Basically, we're at the very beginning design phase of the project and we've brought three international ski-jumping experts in," said Paul Anderson, a project manager with Coleman Engineering; the lead engineering firm on the Copper Peak upgrades. "We have a gentleman, (Toshiyuki Shimano), from Japan. He designed the profile of the hill, basically the sh...
