# There's a Mt. Saskatchewan?? WTF? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322 "2005-05-04T03:29:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/21 "2005-05-04T06:32:56Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > And **Gorsnak** ’s second pic is where I think I got stuck for 12 hours. I doubt it. I’m sure I would have heard about it. 😃 > [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > How do I know that these pics weren’t taken in Manitoba? :dubious: > > 😉 Pfft. Like they have scenery like that in Manitoba. :wally ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/22 "2005-05-04T15:48:04Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Well, \*\*Crimmsy’s \*\* photos, and the fact that the highest point in Sakatchewan is in the Cypress Hills at an elevation of 1392m, are enough to suggest to me that that whole province is not flat. Yes, it does appear to be proved. I’ll have to look for those parts my next time through. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/23 "2005-05-04T16:03:53Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > I like **Larry** ’s visual aid, but here’s some more accurate ones: > [link](http://members.shaw.ca/djklassen/visualaid1.jpg) > [link](http://members.shaw.ca/djklassen/visualaid2.jpg) > [link](http://members.shaw.ca/djklassen/visualaid3.jpg) > [link](http://members.shaw.ca/djklassen/visualaid4.jpg) > Yes, those are bison in the third picture. Hey, you all stole Kansas! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/24 "2005-05-04T16:08:55Z")
I’ve found it disconcerting when I travel to Texas and the horizon fades away for miles. I’m too used to the mountainous terrain of New England and New York. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/25 "2005-05-04T16:25:31Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Well, \*\*Crimmsy’s \*\* photos, and the fact that the highest point in Sakatchewan is in the Cypress Hills at an elevation of 1392m, are enough to suggest to me that that whole province is not flat. I thinks at least some of those are from valleys looking back up to level. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/26 "2005-05-04T16:40:37Z")
Climbing expeditions to the highest points in Kansas and Nebraska: [http://www.dimensional.com/~jbettin/air/index.htm](http://www.dimensional.com/~jbettin/air/index.htm) From the above: Part VII: Man Down at Fencepost Traverse! [http://www.dimensional.com/~jbettin/air/ks007.htm](http://www.dimensional.com/~jbettin/air/ks007.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/27 "2005-05-04T16:42:25Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Sakatchewan’s a fairly large province though, isn’t it? It looks pretty big on the map. I find it hard to believe that it’s all as flat as the scenery in those photgraphs. There must be some mountains. I’ll grant you some hills and river valleys, but mountains is what they have in [Alberta](http://raysweb.net/willmore/) and [British Columbia](http://www.kootenayrockies.com/), blocking the view. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/28 "2005-05-04T17:51:03Z")
The American version of making fun of climbing Mt. Saskatchewan would be [the ascent of Mt. Sunflower](http://206.124.0.15/~jbettin/air/ks009.htm), the highest point in Kansas. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mycroft\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_H)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/29 "2005-05-04T21:46:40Z")
> [@Crimmsy](#): > > The Saskatchewan section of the Canadian Alpine Club, eh? Verrrrrrrrrrrry Interesting. Where do I sign up? At least there is no mention of John Cleese mounting an expedition to climb the Twin Peaks of Mt. Saskatchewan. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/30 "2005-05-04T22:10:18Z")
> [@Mycroft H.](#): > > At least there is no mention of John Cleese mounting an expedition to climb the Twin Peaks of Mt. Saskatchewan. Which reminds me that I really do enjoy telling my wife all about the Snake running through the Grand Tetons every chance I get. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/31 "2005-05-05T02:15:01Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Well, \*\*Crimmsy’s \*\* photos, and the fact that the highest point in Sakatchewan is in the Cypress Hills at an elevation of 1392m, are enough to suggest to me that that whole province is not flat. Five provinces have lower highest points than Saskatchewan: Manitoba (832 m), New Brunswick (817 m), Ontario (693 m), Nova Scotia (532 m), and PEI (142 m). ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/32 "2005-05-05T02:59:25Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > Which reminds me that I really do enjoy telling my wife all about the Snake running through the Grand Tetons every chance I get. Better not tell her that I poached that snake once.\* \*A friend and I kayaked a very short section of the Snake between Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks during a high flood that had closed it to rafting. Had some really big waves! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/33 "2005-05-05T03:16:29Z")
> [@Crimmsy](#): > > The Saskatchewan section of the Canadian Alpine Club, eh? Verrrrrrrrrrrry Interesting. Where do I sign up? Here: [“The Section tries to fill the alpine needs of enthusiasts living hours away from anything remotely vertical.”](http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/sections/saskatchewan.html) ---
**Author:** ![Crimmsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Crimmsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crimmsy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/34 "2005-05-05T04:54:55Z")
Heh. How 'bout that. Colour me impressed 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/35 "2005-05-05T14:17:38Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Five provinces have lower highest points than Saskatchewan: Manitoba (832 m), New Brunswick (817 m), Ontario (693 m), Nova Scotia (532 m), and PEI (142 m). It’s not how high it is, it’s how flat it is. The highest point in Kansas is over 1200m above sea level, but it doesn’t get particularly steep anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mycroft\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_H)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/36 "2005-05-05T16:48:26Z")
Kansas has actually been proven to be [flatter than a pancake](http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume9/v9i3/kansas.html). **RTFirefly** , thanks for your previous link to the Mt. Sunflower ascent webpage. Once again I get directed to a great webpage by a Doper. I hadn’t looked at it before my post about John Cleese, but found mention of him and the Monty Python skit on the Mt. Sunflower pages. Funny coincidence! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/37 "2005-05-05T17:14:35Z")
> [@Mycroft H.](#): > > Kansas has actually been proven to be [flatter than a pancake](http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume9/v9i3/kansas.html). > > **RTFirefly** , thanks for your previous link to the Mt. Sunflower ascent webpage. Once again I get directed to a great webpage by a Doper. I hadn’t looked at it before my post about John Cleese, but found mention of him and the Monty Python skit on the Mt. Sunflower pages. Funny coincidence! I stand on the shoulders of giants. I’m 99% positive that I got the Mt. Sunflower link from another Dope thread, a few years back. I can’t remember to whom I’m indebted for the link, but damned if Dopers don’t come up with the best stuff. I’m just recycling. And your “Kansas proven flatter than a pancake” link was great. I’m printing that one out for my mother, who was born in and grew up in Kansas. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/38 "2005-05-05T17:24:33Z")
I never realised so many people knew about Saskatchewan. We need a SaskDope. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/39 "2005-05-05T17:55:24Z")
Okay, most of the high points in Saskatchewan manage to hide themselves in the southern part of the province. Being such a big province, those hills are a small fraction. Come up north to Waskesiu, pretty damn flat around here. I swear, I almost died when I went to BC driving on all those curvy hills. /proud Saskatchewanian ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322/40 "2005-05-05T20:53:39Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > The American version of making fun of climbing Mt. Saskatchewan would be [the ascent of Mt. Sunflower](http://206.124.0.15/~jbettin/air/ks009.htm), the highest point in Kansas. I also found [Return to Thick Air - Mission to climb Panorama Point, Nebraska](http://206.124.0.15/~jbettin/air/ne000.htm) even more hilarious. The vain attempt to find Sandy Irvine near the summit was priceless. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-mt-saskatchewan-wtf/302322.md?page=3)