Top Picks to Jumpstart Your January in the Black Hills and Badlands

Join us for first day hikes at Custer State Park to start the year off right! First Day Hikes are a nationwide initiative to encourage people to get outside and enjoy nature. On January 1, 2024 Custer State Park will be offering 3 different hikes which will vary in distance and rigor.

Chinook Days celebrates the Spearfish world record of the fastest/greatest temperature change on January 22, 1943 caused by a Chinook Wind. 

Burning Beetle is an annual Winter event located in Custer, South Dakota. The event is ALWAYS on the third Saturday of January - This year that is Jan. 20, 2024.

The greatest show on snow returns to Deadwood as the ISOC Amsoil Championship Snocross Series hits the Black Hills for the tenth annual Deadwood Snocross Showdown.

Calling all K9s! We invite all dogs to compete in this exciting winter race. Man’s best friend will be assigned a division based on their weight. Dogs will wear a harness attached to an appropriately sized keg to pull past the finish line. The fastest dogs in each class win!