Pirkan hiihto 1954

sisällön kuvaus: Participants of Pirkka ski race skiing in 1954. 15 members from Tunturilatu ry participated in the opening event of Pirkka ski track from Niinisalo to Tampere in 1954.

The first public Pirkka ski race was organized one year later in 1955, after professor Lauri Pihkala`s proposition. He and other members of Tunturilatu ry wanted to increase the popularity of long distance sk…