Where Rainbow Basin’s numbers come from
2 observations from 1 publisher behind 2 figures. Each row gives the figure we publish, how many sources gave one and how many agree; open it for what each said.
Figures
Advertised vertical drop150 ft1 source1 of 1 agreefrom St. Joseph News-Press/Gazette
It's not Vail, but Kirksville has own ski slope (Allen Seifert) — St. Joseph News-Press/Gazette, February 18, 1982, p. 6 (clipping hosted by MWLSAP)PublishedOct 2026“with the principal slope a northerly-facing incline with a 150-foot vertical producing a run of 1,500 feet.”
Total lifts31 source1 of 1 agreefrom St. Joseph News-Press/Gazette
It's not Vail, but Kirksville has own ski slope (Allen Seifert) — St. Joseph News-Press/Gazette, February 18, 1982, p. 6 (clipping hosted by MWLSAP)PublishedOct 2026“There are three lifts up the slope — two are handle tows, or pony lifts, an improvisation the owners produced after many visits to other ski slopes.”
Pages cited
Every source behind the figures, passes and facts, the resort’s own pages first.
- Rainbow Basin — Missouri — Midwest Lost Ski Areas ProjectSki history · Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project · mwlsap.org
- OpenSkiMap — Rainbow BasinCommunity map · OpenSkiMap.org (OpenStreetMap contributors, Skimap.org) · skimap.org
- It's not Vail, but Kirksville has own ski slope (Allen Seifert) — St. Joseph News-Press/Gazette, February 18, 1982, p. 6 (clipping hosted by MWLSAP)Other site · St. Joseph News-Press/Gazette · mwlsap.org
Other facts
Where the page's other facts come from: its location, website, owner and the like.
- Coordinates
- OpenSkiMap — Rainbow Basin
Operating status
The sources that list this area, and what each says about whether it operates.
- abandonedOpenSkiMap.org (OpenStreetMap contributors, Skimap.org) · Community map · 2026-09-28Rainbow Basin — status: abandoned; activities: downhill; lifts mapped: 0; downhill runs mapped: 0; Benton