Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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[Originally released on DVD in 2015]
The southern Canadian Rockies are a breathtaking spectacle shouldering the Continental Divide and boundary of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. Topped with glaciers and surrounded by emerald lakes and rivers, their beauty is beyond pictures or words.

For those who built the Canadian Pacific, these mountains were the ultimate obstacle to overcome. The route they chose was the difficult ascent over Kicking Horse Pass. Known to railroaders as "The Big Hill", Canadian Pacific trains have been climbing this grade since 1884 and it is still an amazing sight today!

Beginning at Field, BC, we follow the Laggan Sub east to Exshaw, Alberta. Watch trains battle the 2.2% grade above the Kicking Horse River, pass through the incredible Spiral Tunnels, and sprint along the bank of the scenic Bow River. See 10,000 foot stack trains, unit grain, potash, and mixed manifests. We also catch The Rocky Mountaineer, Canada's premiere passenger train. There's nothing like mountain railroading in the Canadian Rockies!

This program was shot in June, September, and October 2014.

Available on DVD and Blu-ray at 7ideaproductions.com. 7ideaproductions.com/products/kicking-horse-pass?_pos=1&_sid=4d12d8c0d&_ss=r

0:00 Intro
2:17 Map
3:54 Field, BC
13:28 The Hill
19:59 Cathedral Tunnel
22:28 Lower Spiral Tunnel
27:48 Yoho
29:27 Upper Spiral Tunnel
38:39 Wapta Lake (Hector)
41:24 Stephen, BC
44:30 Divide, AB
48:45 Lake Louise
56:15 Morant's Curve
1:02:06 Eldon
1:05:00 Storm Mountain
1:07:59 Castle Mountain
1:11:42 Muleshoe
1:15:27 Mt Rundle
1:16:18 Banff
1:19:11 Canmore
1:22:40 Gap
1:26:06 Gap Lake
1:29:45 Exshaw