Great Bear Ski Valley

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2 min. up...8 seconds down...The best skiing in eastern South Dakota. Whether you're a beginner or pro, Great Bear Ski Valley offers a wide variety of winter sports experiences including skiing, snowboarding and tubing.

"Great Bear Ski Valley offers more than 220 acres of unlimited year-round fun and excitement just minutes away from downtown Sioux Falls, SD. As the largest park in the Sioux Falls Park and Recreation Department, Great Bear features unlimited winter sports activities for the whole family. Featuring 14 downhill trails, snowboarding terrain park, Kirby Family Tubing Park and cross country and snow shoeing trails that provide fun and excitement for all skill levels. During the summer months, Great Bear provides the perfect setting for hiking, bird watching or enjoying a picnic on our four mile trail system. Our location also provides the perfect setting for outdoor weddings as well as group events."

Address: 5901 E Rice St, Sioux Falls 57110

Phone: (605) 367-4309

Website

Email: moc.krapraebtaerg@ladrelj

Parking: Lot

State: SD

City: Sioux Falls

Street Number: 5901 E Rice St

Zip Code: 57110

categories: performance & event venue, park, ski resort

Opening Hours

Monday: 15:00 - 21:00
Tuesday: 15:00 - 21:00
Wednesday: 15:00 - 21:00
Thursday: 15:00 - 21:00
Friday: 09:00 - 22:00
Saturday: 09:00 - 21:00
Sunday: 09:00 - 21:00

Reviews

Good place for winter sports activities! Had a very good experience with skiing … Although I was in the elementary level there are some space for learners! I had a great time, and fantastic experience with skiing!! Receptionists are really helpful and friendly! They explains everything in details with happy face… There is a ski area with trails and tubing park! Good restaurant inside for pizza, burgers, fries and drinks with reasonable price….. Overall, it was a great Saturday..

I have been in the area for work and looking for some decent hiking.  This area isn't huge but does have some nice elevation gains and some well laid out paths.  A couple areas are very steep, but usually for less than a tenth of a mile.  I have only been here over the past few weeks in summer, so I can't speak to winter.  The trails can get muddy after rain the day before.  Overall a very nice little hiking spot with some nice views.  You can usually see jets from the nearby base if you have kids that like that.

Looking for a quick getaway from winter's doldrums that's local to Sioux Falls South Dakota? Here it is.  Great Bear Ski Valley and hiking Park has a fair number of amenities for a local ski park. The hill isn't big but it still is challenging for most skiers. From beginners lessons available for Skiing, Shredding to intermediate and somewhat advanced down-hill'ers, this is a terrific park. There is even some terrain dedicated to hikers and Telemark skiing. I guess one could even snowshoe here?  Even if you are an expert skier, this property is nice just to get some turns or a little vertical in until you can get out to a larger property. The hill even offers a tubing alternative for those that do not care to ski or board or just want something different.  The food is typical cafeteria style offerings but one is not allowed to bring in foods/drink from outside. The hours and pricing is pretty decent and I suggest that you check for specials on their site for occasional half priced events. Great news, this is one of the few venues that offers military discounts!  Additionally they have rentals of skis, boots, poles, headgear, Snowboards, tubing tubes and they sell a number of accessories goggles and the like in case you forgot yours. The Skiing equipment is decent considering it's rental gear. Most is pretty up to date gear.  I liked the night time skiing as the hill and the beginners area were well groomed and well lit up. So for a local or a quick getaway spot, give this a try this or any winter. I probably should have mentioned this from the beginning, the staff here are very nice and helpful folks. They answer questions repeatedly and patiently and that's hard to do hundreds of times a day/night. The hill is mostly staffed with High School and some college folks so experience isn't  always up there but the desire to help mostly is.  I would like to see the Beginners Carpet lift given some much needed TLC. The on/off sections are barely adequate and potential dangerous bottle-necks occurred while we were there. Also on occasion, the on ramp part wasn't covered by staff so newly arriving folks had zero direction/help and had to figure it out. Other than that, nice job!

Had the pleasure of attending a wedding at Great Bear Ski Valley’s chalet! It was a wonderful venue with very friendly staff. At the end of the night, we forgot our Airbnb key at the venue, but the staff were nice enough to drive it over to us and refused our tip. Thanks again!!

This was our first experience - my 2 oldest, my wife and I all went to the laser tubing event last night.  It was an amazing and unique experience. Pros: 1. the tubes are designed for optimal speed 2. The trek to the top is automated - the ride lasted for just a couple minutes 3. Multiple lanes 4. Great music and lights 5. Staff knows what they are doing and help promote safety Cons: 1. 4 lanes were closed periodically throughout the night making the lines for the other lanes excessively long 2.  Spent more time in lines because of these closures than we did going down.  A lot of people left due to this - which made the lines more bearable.  We were able to go down 8 times in the time we were there.  We had an amazing time and plan on returning more often going forward!

Beautiful place to hike!!! So quiet and beautiful. The trails are amazing and easy to hike, well maintained. There is a few steep inclines here and there. Best hiking trail we've been on in sioux falls. Nice scenic overlook with a bench to watch the sunset.

Never played in the snow here, but I love the trails. I'd say it's a little more intermediate simply because of the hilly areas, but there are some trails that aren't as steep. I like the exercise, though. Plus, you get a nice view of the Sioux Falls skyline.

Great Bear was our wedding venue and we absolutely loved the entire experience. Jill the event coordinator was very helpful the entire time. They are reasonably priced and are willing to work with almost anything you want. We had such a blast having our wedding at this location. It's so beautiful plus you have absolutely everything you need in one place. We had our whole day out there! The photos, rehearsal, ceremony and reception. They cater the food for you and have so many beautiful spots to take pictures. We can't say how much we appreciate everything they did for us. We know for a FACT that we wouldn't have gotten the same treatment elsewhere and we would have had to pay more elsewhere too. I HIGHLY recommend this location for any event that you are planning. We do love enjoying some time out here in the winter too.

Great hiking. Greener than green.  The trails were a bit muddy.  We opted to stay on the more traveled roads.  It was enjoyable. Heads up! Mosquitoes are treacherous.  Bug spray did very little.  They were less aggressive when I started explaining my political views.

The staff was so kind and friendly. We were there for a wedding and lost our Airbnb keys at the event and didn’t realize it until the venue had already closed - their staff drove the keys downtown to the bar we were at. Super great service/experience even before this but they really went above and beyond.

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