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Rogers Pass British Columbia is an awe-inspiring place. The heart of Glacier National Park, and the birthplace of Canadian mountaineering, this area also is steeped in tragic history, being the location of Canada's longest running military operation (Operation PALACI)

Rogers Pass is a high mountain pass through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia. It was here, that the legendary Canadian Pacific Railroad passed through to get to the Pacific Ocean. This railroad was essential is connecting British Columbia to the rest of Canada. But through Rogers Pass, tragedy would strike again and again on this railway. Passing through a mountainous valley, with towering steep slopes on either side, and winter snowfall averaging 10 metres (30 feet), the avalanches in Rogers Pass were deadly, and legendary among CPR train conductors and workmen. Over 25 years, men died every winter in the pass, hit by avalanches. If they were lucky, the men would die instantly, If the men were unlucky, they would be buried alive under metres of concrete-hard snow, and would slowly suffocate as the condensation from their breath formed an impermeable ice mask around their mouth and nose.

Over 200 people died to Avalanches in the pass over the first 25 years of the line. Eventually, a 6 kilometer long tunnel was built under the pass, the mountains had won.

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Cringe, ecotourism is a significant part of BC's economy, and supports a lot of our small communities. Interest in the outdoors in BC and preserving our wild places is at an all time high. The growing ecotourism industry helps promote the protection, maintenance and building of trails, campgrounds, parks, and our wild places in general.

British Columbia is blessed with incredible natural beauty, and vast wilderness. We should be proud of this, and encourage people to come see and explore our wilderness, it will promote its preservation for the next generations.