Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort (KHMR) is a ski resort located 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) west of Golden, British Columbia, Canada.It features over 120 trails across more than 3,486 acres (14.11 km 2) of skiable terrain and a 1,315-metre (4,314 ft) vertical drop, currently the sixth largest of any North American ski resort. [2]
First Nations had known and used the pass, but it was first explored by Europeans in 1858 by the Palliser Expedition led by Captain John Palliser.It and the adjacent Kicking Horse River were named after James Hector (Hector's Branch Expeditions, 3 August 1858 – 26 May 1859), was kicked by his horse while attempting rescue of another horse that had gone into the river.
The Park Bridge is a highway bridge in the Kicking Horse Canyon. The Trans-Canada Highway traverses the Kicking Horse River between Yoho National Park and Golden, British Columbia. This new bridge and the associated Ten Mile Hill section that was completed in 2007 were an upgrade to the old roadway.
The Kicking Horse River is in the Canadian Rockies of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. [2] The river was named in 1858, when James Hector , a member of the Palliser Expedition , reported being kicked by his packhorse while exploring the river.
Chancellor Peak is a 3,266-metre (10,715-foot) mountain summit located in Yoho National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada.Its nearest higher peak is Mount Vaux, 4.0 km (2.5 mi) to the north-northwest. [1]
Field is an unincorporated community of approximately 169 people located in the Kicking Horse River valley of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, within the confines of Yoho National Park. At an elevation of 1,256 m (4,121 ft), it is 27 km (17 mi) west of Lake Louise along the Trans-Canada Highway , which provides the only road access to the ...
Mount Stephen, 3,199 m (10,495 ft), is a mountain located in the Kicking Horse River Valley of Yoho National Park, 1 ⁄ 2 km east of Field, British Columbia, Canada.The mountain was named in 1886 for George Stephen, the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
[6] [5] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [ 2 ] Owing to frequent accidents and expensive helper engines associated with railroading at Kicking Horse Pass , in 1909 the Canadian Pacific Railway built the Spiral Tunnels , one of which loops 887 metres (2,910 ft) within the interior ...