As athletes pull on their gloves and thermals in Italy, many will reminisce about how half of Team GB's freestyle skiers trained on the artificial slopes at Parkwood Springs in Neepsend.
James Woods, James Machon and Katie Summerhayes, all trained there before competing at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in 2014.
It was the highpoint of a period which began when the slopes opened in 1988.
Two years ago, the city council was given £19.4m Levelling Up money for the site and is in talks with a New Zealand firm about creating a ‘gravity park’ based on toboggans and zip wires.
For now though it remains a blot on the landscape.
1. Snowboard slope
Phil Wagner from Sport England presents a cheque to Mick Hopkins from Sheffield Ski Village as these kids from Firth Park Community College prepare for a lesson on the new snowboard slope at the Ski Village, December 13, 2000 Photo: DEAN ATKINS
2. Halfpipe
Kiedran Guyte from Millhouses at the Freestyle Ski Halfpipe Championships at the Ski Village, August 30, 2003 Photo: Dennis Lound
3. Workout
Working off that Christmas bulge with a little help from the Ski Vllage Yeti on the new nursery slope at the Sheffield Ski Village, December 30, 1997 Photo: Stuart Hastings
4. Top of the slope
Young skiers and staff at the top of the slope at Sheffield Ski Village, June 26, 1996 Photo: Geoff Tyrer