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They should rename the pass Train Trapped in Snow Pass to serve as a cautionary reminder for anyone traversing that pass in the winter
by beau_g 2y ago
They should rename the pass Train Trapped in Snow Pass to serve as a cautionary reminder for anyone traversing that pass in the winter
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoThe location is in fact called "Streamliner Curve" to this day. (I don't know if that's an official name, though...)
- ghewgill 2y agoThere's a pass on the Inca Trail in Peru called "Dead Woman's Pass" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warmi_Wa%C3%B1usqa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warmi_Wa%C3%B1usqa). I have to assume this is a similar warning.
- martinpw 2y agoI seem to remember a guide stating that this pass has that name because there are two equal sized hills near it and so, umm, it has the profile of a woman lying down on her back, rather than implying that a woman actually died there.
- ghewgill 2y agoThat also seems like a reasonable explanation. I never got any of the background story from our guides.