Snowfall within Driving Distance

I would suppose either. Really just trying to impress a 5 year old.

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I would suppose either. Really just trying to impress a 5 year old.

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If you're willing to drive 13 hours, why not just fly to someplace like NYC, Chicago, Boston, Denver or Detroit for $100 in January? There are routinely flights for that cheap since no one wants to go to cold weather/snow in January/February, plus your 5 year old might welcome the heat when you return

They're already on sale. Take a look in this link below for nonstop flights from New Orleans to Chicago. $50 per one-way ticket to chicago, you and your son/daughter could go for $200 total. Flights to Chicago in January for $50
Flights from Chicago to Nola for $50

And if you need to check a bag, look at booking your flights on southwest. $65 each way or $130 total/per person to chicago midway

St. Louis is 10 hours. They get a good snow storm a couple times each winter.

I wouldn't book a flight too much in advance.

Even in Chicago often a good chunk of winter won't have snow on the ground. All it takes is a dry pattern and a couple 40 degree days and it can be gone for a while.

Last year was a record snow drought. No snow on the ground for the entire months of January and February. Granted that was an all time record.

Probably New Mexico

Santa Fe ski basin, 17 hr drive from NO. show the kid some real 10,000 ft mountains with snow all over them.he WILL remember.

The Florida Alps.

Your best bet is to just wait and watch the weather to see where it's snowing, then you can drive there. Something like New Mexico, or the smokey mountains/North Carolina, or northern Arkansas.