SOUTH DAKOTA 5 lost areas MWLSAP Homepage Any information or pictures on the lost ski areas of South Dakota would be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail: mark@mwlsap.org | lost | working on | never opened | still open |

LOST AREAS Canton Ski Club / Newton Hills Canton, SD - 8 mi. SE of Canton above the Sioux River, E of Newton Hills (State Park?), 1 mi. E of southeast Newton Road four-way intersection o: 1964; still open in 1977  Google Maps / Google Earth ??? 43.21401540951105, -96.54911417592784 Please email - mark@mwlsap.org - if you know a more precise location. Skiing Returns to Canton Area - Sioux Valley News (Canton, South Dakota) · Thu, Oct 7, 1965 Passing The Torch - Sioux Valley News (Canton, South Dakota) · Thu, Mar 26, 1992 (Newton Hills) Off The Road With Jerry - Sioux Valley News (Canton, South Dakota) · Thu, Jan 21, 2016 (1977 picture) Off The Road With Jerry - Sioux Valley News (Canton, South Dakota) · Thu, Mar 2, 2017 (1967 picture) Earlier Ski Jump: Ski Tournament Canton Sunday - Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) · Wed, Feb 1, 1922 (ski jump) One Day's Delivery of Snow to Canton Ski Hill - Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) · Thu, Jan 29, 1931 (ski jump) "Motorcycle Hill Climb" at Canton Ski Hill in 1948, 1950 Holiday Hill Yankton, SD - southeast South Dakota (6 miles west on Lewis and Clark Lake north shore) o: 1963  c: 1967 (no mention of skiing after the 1966-67 season)    v: 260 ft., Google Maps / Google Earth 42.86276403694318, -97.53515215095732 Yankton Group Prays for Snow - Argus Leader, Jan. 6, 1963 Chalet Adds To Ski Fun At Yangton - Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) · Sun, Feb 21, 1965 SKI Guide (con't from p.2), Minneapolis Tribune, Nov. 15, 1964 Avid Skiers Pleased With New Snowfall - The Daily Republic (Mitchell, South Dakota) · Sat, Jan 7, 1967 on 1964 map  1971 - equipment was sold Inkpa Du Ta Ski Area Ortonville, MN / Big Stone City, SD - northeast South Dakota (on shores of Big Stone Lake, northside of Big Stone City, within city limits) o:1969  c: 1979?? several mentions, no mentions in 1980     1978  1981 ??  v: 150 ft. Google Maps / Google Earth 45.30585769529787, -96.46951510911978 State 'Flatlands' Boast 3 Developing Ski Areas - Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) · Sun, Dec 19, 1971 SKI Magazine, Feb. 1978 (link) South Dakota's Ski, Snowmobile Areas Offer A Variety of Facilities, Activities - Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), Nov 10, 1974 Ski slopes on the prairie - Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) · Sun, Dec 13, 1981 skimap.org La Coteau Sisseton, SD - (Roberts County) northeast South Dakota (wooded valley west of Sisseton on land leased from the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux tribe), Sisseton Recreation Board o: 1965 (Sisseton), c; 1975 ?? last mention) v: 110 ft., Google Maps / Google Earth ??? 45.66292327175874, -97.04839116907658 (town of Sisseton) Please email - mark@mwlsap.org - if you know a more precise location. Avid Skiers Pleased With New Snowfall - The Daily Republic (Mitchell, South Dakota) · Sat, Jan 7, 1967 State 'Flatlands' Boast 3 Developing Ski Areas - Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) · Sun, Dec 19, 1971 Everyone's just waiting for the snow! - Deadwood Pioneer Times, Dec. 2, 1972, p. 1 Ski Area Guide, SKIING Magazine, Sept. 1969, pp. 162-164 South Dakota's Ski, Snowmobile Areas Offer A Variety of Facilities, Activities - Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), Nov 10, 1974 Newton Hills ^ - see Canton Ski Club VFW Sioux Falls, SD - Cactus Heights area off the old Brandon Road, "a mile and a half east on the Brandon Rd."; NE of Sioux Falls; "on the other side of the hill" from Great Bear o: 1938;  1939   1940   Google Maps / Google Earth 43.57893449214289, -96.6639130026195 Great Bear Recreation Park (ski area) VFW hill was "on the other side of the hill" from Great Bear Ski Area Please email - mark@mwlsap.org - if you know a more precise location Ski Hill East of Sioux Falls Will Be in Use This Evening - Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) · Wed, Feb 16, 1938 Great Bear: Investors keep hoping for a flurry of activity - Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) · Sun, Apr 27, 1986 MWLSAP Homepage WORKING ON  location of La Coteau Tomahawk Lake Country Club ^^ NO MENTION OF TOW / SKI JUMP with "ski slide" Deadwood, SD - 7 mi. E on highway 85E, adjoims Sawyer Memorial Park, 7 mi. S of Deadwood on hwy 85; jump and "ski slide" o: 1934 - NOTE: the first rope tow in the US was built in 1934 in Woodstock, Vermont. Falstad Approves North Sport Site - Rapid City Journal (Rapid City, South Dakota) · Sat, Jan 27, 1934 - 7 mi. S of Deadwood on hwy 85; jump and "ski slide" Announce Completion of Dam at Tomahawk Lake Memorial Park - Deadwood Pioneer-Times (Deadwood, South Dakota) · Sat, Dec 1, 1934 Memory Lane: Thirty Years Ago - Deadwood Pioneer-Times (Deadwood, South Dakota) · Wed, Feb 1,1967 Tomahawk Lake Country Club Golf Course Competed -- to be Ready for Play in July - The Weekly Pioneer-Times (Deadwood, South Dakota) · Thu, May 23,1935 Winter Sports Get A Big Play Over Weekend - Deadwood Pioneer-Times (Deadwood, South Dakota) · Tue, Jan 28,1936 A flashback on skiing - Rapid City Journal (Rapid City, South Dakota) · Sun, Dec 31, 1972  Tuthill Park - no skiIng Sioux Falls, SD Off The Road With Jerry - Sioux Valley News (Canton, South Dakota) · Thu, Jan 21, 2016 NO SKIING PLANNED BUT NEVER DEVELOPED Brookings Ski Hill - NEVER OPENED Brookings, SD Brookings wants to make ski hill out of garbage - Rapid City Journal (Rapid City, South Dakota) · Sun, May 2, 1982  STILL OPEN (SD) Deer Mountain Resort (also: Mystic Miner Ski Resort at Deer Mountain, Ski Mystic Deer Mountain) - PRIVATE Lead, SD - west central South Dakota Reopened 2024 ?? as a private, members only, resort. Not really open ???  - see comments at Skiers and Snowboarder of the Midwest Facebook Group    o: 1965 c: 2017  reopened: 2024 ??? v: 620 ft. Google Maps / Google Earth 44.308211134008054, -103.81823351250497 Website 2024 Videos: Deer Mountain 360 Degree tour - 2017 (4:04) The finest skiing and riding in the Black Hills! Pristine, Uncrowded FAMILY FUN! - 2012 (1:01) South Dakota's Ski, Snowmobile Areas Offer A Variety of Facilities, Activities - Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), Nov 10, 1974 South Dakota's Deer Mountain Ski Resort Plans To Reopen Next Year (2022) - snocountry.com Set to reopen in 2023 but didn't July, 2021 The Ski Lift is Running at Deer Mountain - YouTube video South Dakota Ski Areas - skibum.com South Dakota Ski Area Set to Reopen as a Private Luxury Ski Community - Snowbrains.com Skiers and Snowboarders of the Midwest Facebook Page skimap.org Great Bear Ski Valley / Great Bear Recreation Park - STILL OPEN Sioux Falls, ND o: 1966 43.57799837995945, -96.66452972381862 website State 'Flatlands' Boast 3 Developing Ski Areas - Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) · Sun, Dec 19, 1971 Great Bear: Investers keep hoping for a flurry of activity - Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) · Sun, Apr 27, 1986 SKI Magazine, Feb. 1977 (link) skimap.org Terry Peak Ski Area - STILL OPEN Lead, SD 44.33456262104067, -103.8403497218845 o: 1936, first in state website first chairlift in South Dakota skimap.org ? Ski Hill at Wessington Springs City Park / Winter Park - STILL OPEN, MAINLY SLEDDING Wessington Springs, SD o: 1956; ski lift installed 44.076294392874765, -98.57156981534408 Ski Lift At Springs Provides Cheap Winter Entertainment - The Daily Republic (Mitchell, South Dakota) · Thu, Jan 28, 1960 website skimap.org (0 maps) MWLSAP Homepage

1964 Minneapolis Tribune, Dec. 13, 1964, p. 62

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