It is used by the Crowsnest Highway to transverse the Selkirks, connecting the communities of Salmo and Creston.

Bow Summit on the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park, Alberta, is higher at 2,088 m (6,850 ft).

Highwood Pass in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, is even higher at 2,206 m (7,238 ft), but it is traversed by Highway 40, which closes from December 1 to June 15 every year.

[2] This Gazex system has allowed for the removal of large artillery stations that were used to fire ballistic shells into start zones.

On occasion, artillery shells would not explode and had to be found and destroyed during summer months with considerable expense and danger.