Front:
OLYMPIC BOBRUN
LAKE PLACID
START O
OVMP of the
ULYMPIĆ BOB-RUN
START OF 1-MILE COURSE
-Built 1930 for the 1932
Olympic Games-as the
only bob-run in America and
operated since then by the
Conservation Dep't.
ORIGINALLY, THE BOB-RUN
WAS 2,350 METERS LONG
(ABOUT 14 MILES) BUT THE
UPPER PART HAS NOT BEEN
IN USE SINCE THE 32 OLYMPICS
34s
LENGTH-1600 meters -approx. ore zmile.
DROP-165 Diefers (meier 1yd.35in
Cliffside
Curve
AVE. GRADE-10.2
Ater finishing, sieds run up hill
to here and then side backward
GWT TO trck
Icading ramp Zig-Zag
The 16 curves
are mimbered
curves
FINISH
CATR NTS
16
START OF
MI. COURSE
Shady Corner
SPEED ? The racing sleds often hit over 90 M.P. H.
coming out of Shady Curve- BUT dont worry,
the "public riding"sléds don't give you that much of a thrill
Curve
(Most famous
bob-run curre
in the werldy
Back:
Photo Art Prints for Framing or Mailing
MADE
IN
Bobsledding at
Lake Placid, N.Y.
Site of 1932 & 1980 Winter Olympics
The Mount Van Hoevenberg Bobrun was built for the
1932 Olympic Games and extensively improved and
refrigerated for the 1980 events. A base lodge and
cafeteria provide for spectators.
CP12442
200B1
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