Editing Holmenkollbakken (section)

==Facilities==
[[File:Holmenkollbakken2.JPG|thumb|left|View from the old tower in summer; in the off-run is Besserudtjernet, with the stage visible opposite the in-run]]

The hill is part of [[Holmenkollen National Arena]], which also consists of a combined cross-country skiing and biathlon stadium, the normal hill Midtstubakken.<ref name=faktaark>{{cite web |url=http://www.holmenkollen.com/nor/content/download/477/2799/file/FaktaarkHolmenkollen.pdf |title=Faktaark om Holmenkollen |publisher=[[Association for the Promotion of Skiing]] |access-date=24 February 2011 |language=no |archive-date=12 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712213831/http://www.holmenkollen.com/nor/content/download/477/2799/file/FaktaarkHolmenkollen.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Along with [[Granåsen]] in [[Trondheim]] and [[Lysgårdsbakken]] in [[Lillehammer]], Holmenkollen is one of three normal and large hill national arenas for ski jumping and Nordic skiing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/kud/dok/regpubl/stmeld/19992000/stmeld-nr-14-1999-2000-/6/7.html?id=321270 |title=Nasjonalanlegg – anlegg for internasjonale mesterskap og konkurranser |date=19 December 1999 |author=Ministry of Culture |language=no |author-link=Ministry of Culture (Norway)}}</ref> The hill is the most popular tourist attraction in Norway, and has roughly one million visitors each year. Holmenkollbakken is co-located with [[Holmenkollen Ski Museum]], which presents the history of skiing. It has a simulator which allows the public to visualize a ski jump in the hill.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/02/23/tema/vinterguiden/reise/norge/oslo/15532570/ |title=Drømmer du om å kjenne Kollensuget? |last=Buzzi |first=Kirsten M. |journal=[[Dagbladet]] |date=23 February 2011 |language=no |access-date=23 February 2011 |archive-date=25 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225222106/http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/02/23/tema/vinterguiden/reise/norge/oslo/15532570/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The hill record is {{convert|139.5|m|0|sp=us}}, set by [[Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper)|Anders Jacobsen]] in 2011, and the women's record is {{convert|131.0|m|0|abbr=on}} set by [[Anette Sagen]] in 2006.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}

After the 1992 upgrades, the Olympic hill had a K-spot of {{convert|110|m|0|sp=us}} and the top of the in-run was {{convert|417|m|abbr=on}} [[above mean sea level]]. The tower was {{convert|42|m|abbr=on}} tall; the top of the in-run was located behind the tower and was {{convert|60|m|abbr=on}} above ground, and the in-run was {{convert|94|m|abbr=on}} in length. The landing slope was 37 degrees at the steepest and {{convert|115|m|abbr=on}} in length. The vertical height difference between the top of the in-run and the off-run was {{convert|121|m|sp=us}}.<ref>{{harvnb|Vaage|Kristensen|1992|p=301}}</ref>

[[File:Holmenkollbakken stadium.jpg|thumb|The amphitheater of the new hill]]
The new hill has a hill size of {{convert|134|m|sp=us}} and K-spot of {{convert|120|m|0|abbr=on}}. The steepest part of the landings slope is 35.7 degrees, which is {{convert|105.6|m|0|abbr=on}} from the take-off. The angle at the hill size point is 30.8 degrees, while the width of the landing slope is {{convert|25.2|m|abbr=on}}. The in-run, built of steel, is {{convert|96.95|m|0|sp=us}} long, which is 36 degrees at the steepest. The take-off is {{convert|3.0|m|abbr=on}} in height, and the height distance from take-off to the K-point is {{convert|59.1|m|0|abbr=on}}. The grandstands are made of steel and concrete, and include VIP facilities. It is the only hill in the world with a permanent wind screen built as part of the designed construction, and the only steel jump in the world. The hill is {{convert|375|m|abbr=on}} above <!--mean-->sea level; the venue is owned by [[Oslo Municipality]] and operated by the [[Association for the Promotion of Skiing]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://holmenkollen.com/eng/About-Holmenkollen/About-the-ski-jump |title=Alt om bakken |author=Association for the Promotion of Skiing |access-date=3 March 2011 |archive-date=9 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309031103/http://www.holmenkollen.com/eng/About-Holmenkollen/About-the-ski-jump |url-status=dead |author-link=Association for the Promotion of Skiing }}</ref>

Transport is based on that no spectators will use private cars to the venue. Instead, all spectators must use the [[Holmenkollen Line]] of the [[Oslo Metro]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.akersposten.no/nyheter/malet-er-a-lage-en-knirkefri-folkefest-1.4759286 |title=Målet er å lage en knirkefri folkefest |work=[[Akersposten]] |date=18 April 2008 |last=Synstad |first=Alexander |language=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724174114/http://www.akersposten.no/nyheter/malet-er-a-lage-en-knirkefri-folkefest-1.4759286 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |access-date=6 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Holmenkollen (station)|Holmenkollen Station]] is located within walking distance of the large hill and cross-country stadium. Holmenkollen Station is the only one on the line with platforms long enough for six cars, which allows a capacity of 9,000 people per hour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oslo2011.no/T-bane+med+tredoblet+kapasitet!.9UFRnMZt.ips |title=T-bane med tredobbel kapasitet! |work=[[Oslo 2011]] |language=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724182411/http://www.oslo2011.no/T-bane+med+tredoblet+kapasitet!.9UFRnMZt.ips |archive-date=24 July 2011 |access-date=6 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>