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2 unusual facts about Kootenay Pass


Crowsnest Highway

East of Burnt Flat, the Crowsnest heads through the Kootenay Pass on a stretch known as the Kootenay Skyway, or Salmo-Creston Skyway.

Kootenay Pass

Highwood Pass in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, is even higher at 2206 metres, but it is traversed by Highway 40, which closes from December 1 to June 15 every year.



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Hollebeke

To commemorate the Canadian troops fighting at Hollebeke, in 1917 the 2221 meter high Hollebeke Mountain (49° 23' 30" North, 114° 34' 10" West), on the continental divide at the head of Pincher Creek; southeast buttress of North Kootenay Pass.