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thanks! it is, but it's also deadly. the second last picture of the steep mountain peak, is Slesse mountain, or as we locals call it, "the fang". on the left side of the mt. in the pic (NE in actual) is where a DC-4 slammed into it in 1956 killing all 62, including 9 americans. the DC-4 was on a flight from vancouver bc to calgary alberta, then on to regina in saskatchewan. they loaded it with extra fuel in case it could'nt land in calgary due to weather and had to continue on to regina. they (flight 810) reported a engine fire, and severe icing and turbulence shortly after leaving vancouver. it was given priority clearance back to vancouver down the middle of the valley.and was to make a left turn to hit the valley, for some reason they turned right and flew into mt Slesse....with extra fuel....there was not much left. it 's a very remote place, took 5 months just to find the wreckage. https://oddvinvedo.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/trans-canada-air-lines-flight-810-vs-mt-slesse/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Canada_Air_Lines_Flight_810 my son and me hiked up there in 2015. it's a very tuff climb, the immense snow wipes and changes it every yr. the gov installed this plaque a few yrs ago partway up. there is still pieces of plane everywhere up there despite 50+ yrs of snow and avalanches, but not like you think. everything is pretty much matchbox size or so, even the passengers and crew....(extra fuel.......) it's a very ....moving and humbling place to go, so beautiful, yet so tragic... this propellar cairn was erected in '56 by the orig. search and rescuers. thought this inscription on the plaque was very fitting... the pilots wife never remarried. a few yrs ago she died, and her son helicoptered her ashes to the top of Slesse, where they were released to the accompaniment of a piper playing his bagpipes. also about 10 miles away from the crash scene, a B-24 crashed into mt Welch back in 1945. the poor boys on that plane died just before the war ended....a memorial was made in '83 by cadets, but the weather and snows destroyed it, so a couple yrs ago a more permanent and appropriate one was constructed. one of the Liberator's engines was also found, and incorporated in the memorial check out the ages.... pretty young....

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