The track will be shut down at the end of the season on March 3 following the 2019 IBSF Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup and two other scheduled events. After that, the refrigeration system will be decommissioned, Heck said.

Club members are looking for a new place to train. They used to be at WinSport before the ski jumps there closed — a huge letdown to both athletes and their parents.

WinSport said stakeholders have known since May 2015 that the jumps would be closed and decommissioned in October 2018.