Kicking Horse Pass

Kicking Horse Pass
1887 painting
Elevation1,627 m (5,338 ft)
Traversed byTrans-Canada Highway; Canadian Pacific Railway
LocationBanff National Park, Alberta / Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada
RangeCanadian Rockies
Coordinates51°27′09″N 116°17′09″W / 51.45250°N 116.28583°W / 51.45250; -116.28583[1]
Topo mapNTS 82N8 Lake Louise
Official nameKicking Horse Pass National Historic Site of Canada
Designated1971

Kicking Horse Pass (el. 1,627 m; 5,338 ft) is a high mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Americas of the Canadian Rockies on the AlbertaBritish Columbia border, and lying within Yoho and Banff national parks. Divide Creek forks onto both sides of the Continental Divide.

  1. ^ "Kicking Horse Pass". BC Geographical Names.