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Marias Pass | |
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Elevation | 5,213 ft (1,589 m) |
Traversed by | US 2, BNSF Railway, and Amtrak Empire Builder |
Location | Glacier County, Montana, U.S. |
Range | Lewis Range |
Coordinates | 48°19′06″N 113°21′19″W / 48.3183°N 113.3552°W |
Marias Pass (elevation 5,213 feet (1,589 m)) is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains in the western US state of Montana. Lying on the southern border of Glacier National Park, it is traversed by US Highway 2 and by the BNSF Hi-Line Subdivision. The pass is the lowest crossing of the Continental Divide between Canada and central New Mexico [1] , and is the northernmost pass in the US open to automobile traffic year-round.