They're in Kansas, too.

[Phrantic]

KU student reports seeing two mountain lions on west campus

Monday, January 5, 2004

(Updated Monday at 12:37 p.m.)

A mountain lion that has been seen and photographed on Kansas
University's west campus may have a companion -- possibly a mountain lion cub.

More stories about Kansas MTLs at:
http://www.ljworld.com/section/mountain_lions

[Gelatin47]

Being a former Kansan (with two brothers who attended KU) the idea of a
MOUNTAIN lion is Kansas causes a large grin to appear on my face. Maybe they should be called bump lions in Kansas.

[Phrantic]

Ya, just "Mount" Oread in Lawrence, atop which sits the KU campus.
Good for short hill sprint repeats x 20 (14th Street from Tennessee
St. to Oread Blvd.). I'd guess the top of the hill is 900-920 ft.
above sea level.

The Riverfront Park trails in Lawrence are 800 ft. elev. (with about
20 feet of elevation gain/9 mile lap).

The porch of the Free State Brewery in downtown Lawrence is about 850 ft. elev.

Of course, Kansas is the home of Steve Tilford, who knows a thing or two about mountain biking.

The highest point in the state? Mt. Sunflower, 4039 ft. elev.

(From americasroof.com)

Mount Sunflower has been upgraded with a picnic shelter and a attractive steel sculpture made of railroad spikes. There is a mailbox, a little rail fence enclosing the area, and a plaque indicating that "nothing happened here in 1897"

Mount Sunflower is less than a mile from Colorado (and very close to
Colorado's lowest point!).

I do miss the topography of Washington State, my home until 1997.