By then, the club had fostered sufficiently good jumpers that it was proposed to build a proper hill.

[7] The main logistical issue with the events was the poor transport service, with only a narrow road to the hill.

The plans were passed by the club's annual meeting on 13 September, with construction starting in the summer of 1955.

The lower part of the landing slope was dug down 1.75 meters (5 ft 9 in), the in-run was raised up to 85 centimeters (33 in) and a new jury tower and stairway was built.

[10] There was only to be built one ski flying hill in the Nordic Countries, with the main alternative being Renabakken in Rena.

It has been built further into the terrain with sidewalls made of natural gravel to avoid wind problems during competitions.

The hill was ready for the 2011 Trial Ski Flying World Championships held on 11–13 February 2011.

Janez, together with his brother Lado, is most famous for creating Letalnica Bratov Gorišek in Planica, previously the largest hill in the world at HS 215, before Vikersundbakken was reprofiled and enlarged in 2011.

At the trial ski flying championship, Johan Remen Evensen jumped 243 meters to set a new world record during the first official training on 11 February 2011.

During autumn 2011 the hill was further improved with a different radius at HS 225, increasing the ability to stand on greater lengths.

Additionally the jump itself was cut a meter short because of decreased inrun speed needed by the jumpers.

[7] Hilmar Myhra won the race, setting the first official hill record at 86 meters (282 ft).

[8] On the first ski flying competition on 14 March 1966 saw Bjørn Wirkola set a new world record at 146 meters (479 ft).

The inaugural tournament was held on 12 March 1967[18] and saw Austria's Reinhold Bachler set a world record of 154 meters (505 ft).

[20] Vikersundbakken was awarded the fourth FIS Ski Flying World Championships, held in 1977.

Switzerland's Walter Steiner won the race, while Czechoslovakia's František Novák set a new hill record of 157 meters (515 ft).

As there was no snow, 3,000 cubic meters (110,000 cu ft) was freighted by train from Finse via the Bergen Line and up from Vikersund Station by truck.