Ještěd Chute Toboggan, Toboggan sports complex at Ještěd mountain, Liberec, Czech Republic
Ještěd Chute Toboggan is a toboggan run on Ještěd mountain near Liberec that descends along the slopes and operates as part of the larger ski resort facilities. The track features different starting points and curves that follow the natural terrain.
The wooden run was built in 1909–1911 by the German Mountain Association for the Ještěd and Jizera Mountains, which also owned the summit hotel; Adolf Hoffmann of Görlitz enabled its construction. It opened on 2 January 1910 during the Jizera Mountains sledging championship. The first European sledging championship was held here in 1914 and won by Rudolf Kauschka of Reichenberg; a 1914 skibob race drew 25,000 spectators. Storm damage in the late 1930s forced the 1939 European championship onto a shortened course, and the run was later cut to 700 m.
The run hosted the first European sledding championship in 1914, won by Rudolf Kauschka of Reichenberg (Liberec). A 1914 public skibob race drew 25,000 spectators. A 1936 tourist description of Oberhanichen still called it the most beautiful and sportingly demanding sledding run of European standard, with 14 banked turns.
The run is derelict: the supporting structure survives near Horní Hanychov, partly along the lower stretch of the blue-marked main footpath to the summit, but most planks are missing. In the 1990s material brought for a reconstruction was stolen, and by 2014–2016 the frame had been cut up, leaving only the column bases with stacked boards around them.
The wooden track was the first of its kind in the world, built 1909–1911 by the German Mountain Association for the Ještěd and Jizera Mountains. Its start ramp stood above the road from Výpřež to Ještěd, and the track crossed footpaths on bridges before ending at the U krásné vyhlídky inn.
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