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The Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin, lost to erosion

Abbot Pass and the refuge hut, seen from the Alberta side in 2010, before its demolition.
Abbot Pass and the refuge hut, seen from the Alberta side in 2010, before its demolition. Abbot Pass and hut · Florin Chelaru · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY 2.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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The rustic stone Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin, built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1922 high in the Rockies between Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria, sheltered hikers and mountaineers from 1923 until 2018. Erosion of the slope, accelerated by climate change, made the hut unstable and forced its demolition in 2022.

Scope & context

The hut and its fate, not mountaineering in the Rockies as a whole.

Sources behind this record

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Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin National Historic Site ↗

Parks Canada

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