Skiing in Kansas??!!!

[ski diva]

Could happen. Just read that an indoor ski slope is being considered for the flat-as-an-ironing-board state. I understand ones are also being built in New Jersey and Las Vegas. Is this a trend?

 

[Sheena]

Ha, this reminds me of a scene from a Warren Miller film (don't remember which one), where some kids on some farm in Nebraska made a ski jump.

If the ski slopes aren't there, bring the slopes to you, I guess.

 

[Greeley]

The kids were actually cheese heads from Wisconsin. Just like Iowa, I'm not sure Nebraska gets enough snow any more to even cover a jump.
I could see an indoor ski slope being built in the Kansas City area. Thye just put in a waterski/wakeboard cable park that is going over very well.

 

[IntheClouds]

ummmm,,..... the only horizon in Kansas is a flat horizon. ok, slightly curved. Ya'd think as tall as the Rockies are, you could see them from west Kansas, but you can't. You can seen an occasional tree though.

 

[Pequenita]

Even if you have to drive across that entire state, and then some, the foothills of Colorado aren't terribly far from Kansas....

 

[Native Vail Gal]

Seriously???!!!!!

That's lazy! Just drive on through to Colorado!

 

[Quiver Queen]

Have any of you actually driven from Kansas to the hills in Colorado? I did once, & thought I'd never get there!! If I lived in Kansas, I'd probably think about building my own ski hill, too, lest I die of boredom. (Oops, sorry any Kansans)

 

[Greeley]

Yes, we drove through Kansas last year on our way to Vail (detour to visit some relatives). It is nasty! If you ever have 2 days of vacation and need 2 weeks, just spend those 2 days in central Kansas, and it will feel like 2 weeks.
Our usual route is Nebraska. It is almost as bad, but at least there is a Micky Ds and a gas station every 30 miles through Nebraska.

 

[Quiver Queen]

It is nasty! If you ever have 2 days of vacation and need 2 weeks, just spend those 2 days in central Kansas, and it will feel like 2 weeks.

Ouch!! (But well-deserved!):p

 

[abc]

I thought Nebraska was bad enough. Never been to Kansas. I guess I won't be in a hurry to go there just yet.

 

[Pequenita]

I thought Nebraska was bad enough. Never been to Kansas. I guess I won't be in a hurry to go there just yet.

I dated a proud Kansan and had the privilege of going there a few years ago. It's like any other part of rural America (like my hometown in the northeast), except in other parts of rural America, you run into a decent sized-city after driving a while and there is interesting topography.