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	The Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut : Attractions : The Chilkoot Trail & White Pass Frommers.com
		The route also passes through marvelous glacier-carved valleys, coastal rain forest, boreal forest, and alpine tundra.
		Advance reservations are required; for details, contact the White Pass and Yukon Route, P.O. Box 435, Skagway, AK 99840 (tel.
		The White Pass and Yukon Route railroad now operates between Skagway, Alaska, and Bennett, British Columbia.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/theyukonthenorthwestterritoriesandnunavut/3048027886.html (1172 words)

	The Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut : Attractions : The Chilkoot Trail & White Pass Frommers.com
		The route also passes through marvelous glacier-carved valleys, coastal rain forest, boreal forest, and alpine tundra.
		The White Pass and Yukon Route railroad now operates between Skagway, Alaska, and Bennett, British Columbia.
		Advance reservations are required; for details, contact the White Pass and Yukon Route, P.O. Box 435, Skagway, AK 99840 (tel.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/theyukonthenorthwestterritoriesandnunavut/3048027886.html (1172 words)

	Central Federal Lands- Projects/WY/Beartooth Highway
		The route is one of the highest elevation highways in the country; as it traverses across sensitive alpine tundra, and descending sheer cliff walls of Rock Creek Canyon, it provides a thrilling recreational experience.
		The Beartooth Mountains are a section of the greater Absaroka range, extending from Livingston in south-central Montana southeastward to the canyon of the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone in northwestern Wyoming.
		Beartooth Butte is a prominent landmark midway along the route and is an isolated remnant of the younger sedimentary formation.
	www.cflhd.gov /projects/wy/beartooth/routeHistory.cfm (1172 words)

	Alps - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Alps
		As routes of trade, invasion, and pilgrimage, Alpine passes are steeped in history.
		Passes over 2,000 m/6,500 ft are blocked by snow throughout the winter; this hindrance to travel has been overcome by the excavation of road and railway tunnels under all the main Alpine passes.
		Alpine passes include the Brenner Pass (1,370 m/4,497 ft) between Austria and Italy, the Great St Bernard (2,473 m/8,113 ft) between Switzerland and Italy, and the St Gotthard Pass (2,108 m/6,916 ft) in southern Switzerland.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Alps (2688 words)

	Wildernet - Route 89--Monitor Pass & Luther Pass Highways & Lake Tahoe Road
		As is true of the other routes in Alpine County, the scenery changes from that of high-desert brush covering rolling hillsides at the lower elevation, to mountainsides covered with aspen, fir, pine, and cedar at intermediate elevation on up to rocky crags and alpine vegetation normally found above the timberline.
		Recreation - The Route 89--Monitor Pass & Luther Pass Highways & Lake Tahoe Road is known for it's cultural, natural, recreational and scenic attractions.
		As is true of the other routes in Alpine County, the scenery changes dramatically
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=BWY2308&CU_ID=157 (550 words)

	Wildernet - Route 89--Monitor Pass & Luther Pass Highways & Lake Tahoe Road
		As is true of the other routes in Alpine County, the scenery changes from that of high-desert brush covering rolling hillsides at the lower elevation, to mountainsides covered with aspen, fir, pine, and cedar at intermediate elevation on up to rocky crags and alpine vegetation normally found above the timberline.
		Recreation - The Route 89--Monitor Pass & Luther Pass Highways & Lake Tahoe Road is known for it's cultural, natural, recreational and scenic attractions.
		Attractions - The designed portion of the route begins in Slinkard Valley and rises abruptly, through a series of switchbacks, 2,000 feet in six miles to cross Monitor Pass.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=BWY2308&CU_ID=110 (550 words)

	Section 8 – The Kingdom of Wuyishanli 烏弋山離 (Kandahar, including Arachosia and Drangiana)
		At present: “Near the Pass there are herds of grazing yaks and dzos (cross between a yak and a domestic cow).” “Misgar villagers in China have divided the route to the Mintaka Pass into 4 ‘stages’.
		It was the oldest route connecting Gilgit with Srinagar via Burzil Pass and Skardu through Chotta Deosai and Sadpara.
		Notes on Burzil Pass adapted from: Merzliakova (2003): “Height = 3200 m [10,499 ft], or 4500 m [14,764 ft], or 5000 m [16, 464 ft].” “The crest of the Pass is wide and covered in summer with alpine grass vegetation.” “The Pass was practicable for horses and ponies.”
	depts.washington.edu /uwch/silkroad/texts/hhshu/notes8.html (550 words)

	Walking Wild Whatcom County, Alpine Lakes Wilderness maps
		The Alpine Lakes Wilderness portion of the Pacific Crest Trail traverses 75 miles from Snoqualmie Pass on I-90 to Stevens Pass on US Route 2.
		Stevens Pass is approximately one and one-half hours from Everett, Washington.
		Snoqualmie Pass is approximately one hour from Seattle, Washington.
	home.earthlink.net /~walkingwild/id34.html (550 words)

	Journey To Freedom - An Oregon Trail PBeM
		Expecting a narrow alpine pass, emigrants were surprised by the gradual approach leading to a broad, flat plain some twenty miles wide.
		Worse still, families were often divided as cattle were driven over Lolo Pass, on the northwest shoulder of Mount Hood, to Eagle Creek and Oregon City.
		The route was one way -- west -- for its first fifteen years, until a road was blasted out around Laurel Hill.
	www.pbem-portal.com /other/jtf/JI_Journey.html (550 words)

	Alpine Hikers - Bernese Oberland inn-to-inn (hut-to-hut) tour itinerary
		This tour covers the most scenic and challenging sections of the Alpine Pass Route, and adds a couple of memorable detours.
		Both stand alone as a beautiful tour in their own right, with glorious alpine vistas and hidden nooks and surprises along the way.
		Old Roman trails lead us through meadows and woods, with a short stretch across a glacier, to the small hut at the pass.
	alpinehikers.com /itinerary3.html (550 words)

	Romantic Route Express - Switzerland Tourism
		Passing glaciers, meadows and Alpine dairies, you are surroundedby the genuine and unspoilt Swiss Alpine world.
		Enjoy the journey aboard the puffing steam train, passedlush Alpine meadows and cows.
		Experience the breathtaking trip across the fantasticFurka Pass, passed the famous Rhône Glacier and further down to Gletsch.
	www.myswitzerland.com /en/navpage-Railway-Express-9471.html (306 words)

	Alpine Passes of Switzerland
		Pictures of Nufenen Pass and route were taken in summer 96 (august 4th) that day I took a train to get form Biasca to Airolo then I crossed Nufenenpass, Furkapass, Oberalppass and Lukmanierpass.
		When in Gletsch, I turned right to reach Grimselpass on the route you've just seen and came back to Gletsch: then I turned right to Ulrichen and here left to get back Airolo crossing NufenenPass.
		I think my personnel record is this tour including three crossings and a back and forward stretch to reach a fourth pass: that day, september 23 in 1995 I started cycling from Airolo, crossed Saint Gotthard Pass and when in Hospental I turn left to Furkapass.
	www-math.science.unitn.it /Bike/Countries/Switzerland/Tour_Reports/Alpine_Passes_CH (306 words)

	EXPLORE PAKISTAN (Trek to Kilik Mintika Pass Page)
		For more than 1000 years Kilik and Mintika were the silk Routes primary passes between china and Hunza and today again these broad valley and extensive alpine meadow are attractive for foreigners.
		The route to Mintika pass is visible from Gul Khawaja Uween it is 4 hurs trek passing through the most hillside and collapsed moraine.
		Kilik and Mintika, two historic passes on the Pakistani border with china., foreigners were not allowed to visit the area, but now it is open since 1999.
	www.explorepak.com /kilik_mintika_pass.html (306 words)

	LeaseAnApp - Tour Details
		This tour focuses on three main areas, which are the high Swiss and Italian passes near St. Moritz, the Andermatt region (considered by many motorcyclists to be the number 1 Alpine riding area), and the Mt. Blanc region in the northern part of the French Alps.
		We have a choice of routes and passes, almost all of them in the mountains right up to our return.
		At over 2,600 meters this pass is the 7th highest Alpine pass.
	moto-charlie.com /WSFF/applications/Services/subLayout03.asp?vCompID=9183&vSeqID=1&ServiceID=1344 (2190 words)

	Brenner Pass
		The lowest of the principal Alpine passes, it was an important Roman route through which many invasions of Italy were made.
		Alpine pass, 4,495 ft (1,370 m) high, connecting Innsbruck, Austria, with Bolzano, Italy.
		AUSTRIA CASTIGATED OVER BRENNER PASS TOLL CHARGES (European Report)
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0808845.html (275 words)

	Monks seek homes for St. Bernard rescue dogs - Other Pet News - MSNBC.com
		At an altitude of 2,438 meters 8,000 ft., the home of the St. Bernards is an Alpine pass on the route to Italy where the huge, shaggy dogs are said to have saved the lives of some 2,500 travelers over the past few centuries.
		BERNARD PASS, Switzerland - Switzerland’s St. Bernard rescue dogs, known for centuries for saving avalanche victims from snowy Alpine graves, are to be sold by their monk owners as helicopters and heat sensors take over their work.
		All that is changing with the dogs is the ownership,” said Pierre Troillet, president of the Swiss St. Bernard Association, adding the dogs were no longer kept on the pass in winter in any case.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6197922 (726 words)

	The Wildstrubel Circuit
		From Lenk to Adelboden and back to Kandersteg we follow the classic Alpine Pass Route, crossing the Hahnenmoospass (1956m) and finally the awesome Bunderchrinde (2385m).
		Between the Gemmi and Rawyl Passes, high up on the north side of the Rhone Valley, our trail from the hot spring resort of Leukerbad, follows in the footsteps of such notables as Guy de Maupassant, Mark Twain and Pablo Picasso, to the French-speaking ski and haute-couture resort of Crans-Montana.
		A long ascent with beautiful views to the Bundeschrinde pass (2380m), followed by a gentle descent to Kandersteg with fine views of the Blumlisalp massif and the Oeschinensee lake.
	www.foruminternational.com /hwildstrubelcircuit.shtml (726 words)

	Dragontail Peak 8,840’ Trip Report Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington June 30, July 01, 2001
		Although cairn marked, this is definitely a route, actually many routes running parallel and interlacing, heading up the loose talus to the pass.
		Dragontail Peak 8,840’ Trip Report Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington June 30, July 01, 2001
		We were on the trail at 5:30 am and soon were around the lake heading for Aasgard Pass and the "easy way to the Enchantments".
	www.grandcanyontreks.org /dragon.htm (726 words)

	Priest Lake -- Selkirk Alpine Lakes
		The reward for the more rigorous terrain is that fewer people will be encountered along the route and at the alpine lake.
		The numerous alpine lakes cradled deep within the Selkirks are one of the most outstanding attractions of the area.
		If you enjoy backpacking, camping in the wilderness, and fishing alpine lakes, you won't be disappointed in trekking to these secluded hideaways--and exploring the unpublished trail systems that link many of these lakes.
	www.priestlake.org /attraction/selkirkalpinelake.html (726 words)

	Beartooth Pass Highway in Montana
		Due to massive mud slides in May 2005, Beartooth Pass, the main route between Cooke City and Red Lodge, is closed.
		Expect hairpin curves, U-curves, and sinuous S-curves in the road as you climb to the canyon rim past forests, rugged cliffs, pristine lakes, mountain peaks, alpine tundra, and snow banks even in August.
		The Beartooth Mountains boast some of the highest elevations in the lower 48 states, and have 20 peaks over 12,000 feet in elevation.
	www.yellowstoneparknet.com /roads_routes/beartooth_pass.php (726 words)

	Kicking Horse Pass
		Alpine Club of Canada Huts Abbot Pass Hut
		Kicking Horse Pass is the point at which the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans Canada Highway cross the continental divide between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and thus cross from Alberta to British Columbia.
		Kicking Horse pass is also the border between BC and Alberta.
	www.bivouac.com /FtrPg.asp?FtrId=474 (331 words)

	Ticino Route Express
		The Ticino Route Express then crosses back over the Gotthard Pass to Andermatt and its legendary Schöllenen Gorge..
		Your trip then takes you over the 2108-metre Gotthard Pass, possibly the most famous of all Alpine passes.
		This Alpine crossing, the most picturesque of the routes into Ticino, is not only a tourist attraction but is one of the more gruelling sections of the Tour de Suisse cycle race.
	www.post.ch /SiteOnLine/EN/Accueil/1,1727,13815,00.html (331 words)

	Independence Pass Colorado
		Independence Pass has some of Colorado's finest alpine views.
		State Route 82 runs over the Pass from Twin Lakes in the East to Aspen in the West.
		Engaging in activities documented by this website implies you are aware of the dangers inherently associated with recreation in an alpine environment.
	www.independencepasscolorado.com (331 words)

	Hike Of The Week: So many routes to Alpine Lakes beauty
		En route several good-size tarns are passed and the alpine scenery is splendid.
		Hike Of The Week: So many routes to Alpine Lakes beauty
		A major bonus when hiking in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness near Snoqualmie Pass is there are so many variations starting from a single trailhead.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /getaways/228430_hike16.html (331 words)

	Washington Alpine Lakes Wilderness Region
		Summit views are straight down from your toes to Annette Lake, north to Snoqualmie Pass peaks, west to the O...
		The most thronged route to meadow highlands of the popular “Mormon Lakes” is from the other side of the mountain, which means little solitude.
		Three things often are said to be radically wrong with the Snow Lakes route to the Enchantments: too many miles and too much elevation and, when you get there, too many people.
	www.trails.com /index/Hiking/Washington/Alpine-Lakes-Wilderness-Region (331 words)

	SummitPost.org - Mount Adams Climbing Information
		Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes: Vol 1- Columbia River to Stevens Pass (3rd Ed.)
		In either case, your Cascade Volcano Pass stub or tribal-use permit needs to be dislayed on your windshield when parked at the trailhead.
		CascadeClimbers.com - Southern WA Cascades Discussion Forum - esp. good for route beta.
	www.summitpost.com /mountains/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/13 (331 words)

	Wolf Creek Ski Area, Colorado on Ski-Guide - Start planning your vacation here!
		Wolf Creek Ski Area sits one mile East of Wolf Creek Pass Summit, with a base area elevation of 10,350'.
		Amazing 1600 acres of versatile terrain is spread along a high alpine ridge describes the general layout for Wolf Creek Ski Area.
		From Denver, take I-25 south (or Route 285 south) to Route 160 west to Pagosa Springs or South Fork.
	www.ski-guide.com /overview.cfm/co41.htm (309 words)

	Valais : Introduction Frommers.com
		Some of this former network of alpine mule paths are called Roman roads, because in ancient times the Simplon and Great Saint Bernard passes were the gateways to the Valais from Italy.
		The Celts used the Great St. Bernard Pass and Simplon Pass, and then the Gauls held the territory for 500 years.
		Raclette, the classic Swiss dish, is usually made of the rich, unskimmed milk from the Bagnes Valley, near the Great St. Bernard Pass.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/valais/2583010001.html (655 words)

	Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes, Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass (Cascade Alpine Gde)
		The first volume in the classic Cascade Alpine Guide series, Columbia River to Stevens Pass features expert information on more than 300 climbing and high routes, including Mount Rainier.
		Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes, Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass (Cascade Alpine Gde)
		The three volumes are filled with information about the natural and human history of the Washington Cascades, as well as complete route and access data for every significant summit.
	www.enotalone.com /books/0898868386.html (655 words)

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