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Kootenay Pass, known locally as "the Salmo–Creston" is a mountain pass in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada.The pass summit divides the drainage basin of the Pend d'Oreille River on the west (via tributaries Stagleap Creek, the South Salmo River and the Salmo River) from that of Kootenay River/Kootenay Lake to the east (via tributary Summit Creek).
As a blast of Arctic air drops temperatures across the central and eastern U.S., multiple feet of snow is forecast for the Great Lakes states. 'Dangerously cold wind chills': Millions facing ...
The Kootenay pass is prone to closures especially during avalanche season and when it is closed Highway 3A and the Kootenay Lake ferry once again becomes a vital link for all traffic on the Crowsnest highway which would otherwise completely cease to function. The ferry will operate on a 24h basis until the pass re opens.
Mount Selkirk is a 2,930-metre (9,610-foot) mountain summit located in the Vermilion River Valley along the eastern border of Kootenay National Park. Park visitors can see the peak from Highway 93, also known as the Banff–Windermere Highway. It is part of the Mitchell Range, which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia ...
The forecast calls for freezing fog to persist Wednesday through about 10 a.m. Thursday, when a 30% chance of rain and snow is forecast. After 10 p.m. the chance of snow increases to 50%.
Following days of drenching rain and mountain snow, a return to a drier pattern is on the horizon for the waterlogged northwestern United States. A pattern that allowed a long train of storms to ...
The Kootenay River runs 781 kilometres (485 mi) from its headwaters in the Kootenay Ranges of the Canadian Rockies, flowing from British Columbia's East Kootenay region into northwestern Montana, then west into the northernmost Idaho Panhandle and returning to British Columbia in the West Kootenay region, where it joins the Columbia at Castlegar.
Nov. 9—The Seward Highway was closed early Thursday from near Summit Lake through Moose Pass to Crown Point, and heavy snow was making it impassable in places from Seward to the Hope Cutoff, the ...