SKI JUMP

Westby, Vernon County. September, 1970. Altitude c. 1,500 ft. A  ski jump is perched on a small divide high above an adjacent stream valley about three miles north of Westby in this view to the south. The ski jump is ninety feet tall. The judges' observation tower is at center, about one-third the distance down the ski hill. The stream valley, at bottom left, is the site of a golf course. Norwegian immigrants, who began settling this area in the mid-1800s, are responsible for the introduction of the sport.