Landslide debris source
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The bare patch to the east is the unstable source area for the debris and rubble which frequently rolls down to the TCH and blocks it, especially in spring or periods of heavy rain. Ditches and embankments designed to trap and divert the flows can be seen closer to the highway.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debris_flow
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°25'52"N 117°27'49"W
- Abandoned railway line 6.1 km
- Bow Pass (2068m/6787ft) 74 km
- Valley of the Ten Peaks, Lake Louise 83 km
- Columbia Lake 84 km
- Glacier Express Ski Lift 90 km
- Castle Mountain 105 km
- Mount Michener 113 km
- Lake Abraham 124 km
- Canmore Nordic Centre 146 km
- Ram River Gas Plant 167 km
- Rogers Pass 13 km
- Kicking Horse Mountain Resort 32 km
- LP Engineered Wood Products 36 km
- Mount Revelstoke National Park 55 km
- Yoho National Park 61 km
- Revelstoke Mountain Resort 69 km
- Blanket Creek Provincial Park 80 km
- The Bugaboos 90 km
- Kinbasket Lake 95 km
- Arrow Lakes 143 km