The Olympic Ski Hill That Once Put South Dakota on the Map

South Dakota has no athletes in the 2026 Winter Olympics, but its Olympic ski history near Sioux Falls once helped shape Team USA. Scott Berry from Deadwood finished 47th and 52nd in the large hill and normal hill ski jumping in Japan in 1976. For nearly 30 years in the early 20th century, South Dakota was home to a world-famous ski hill. Canton Ski Hill (Google Maps Streetview) Canton Ski Hill (Google Maps Streetview) loading...Canton’s Rise as a National Ski DestinationAbout 20 minutes south of Sioux Falls, right on the river border with Iowa, is Canton, South Dakota. The notoriously ill-tempered South Dakota weather made the events difficult to put on, and with attendance dropping, the tournaments ended.