Rogers Pass Discovery Centre — Attraction in Area A (Kicking Horse/Kinbasket Lake)

The Rogers Pass Discovery Centre, located between Revelstoke and Golden, BC, is a must-visit destination for travelers of all ages. Recently upgraded and renovated, this facility offers a wide range of amenities and exhibits that make it well worth the stop!

The visitor reception desk provides essential information and maps to help plan your visit. Additionally, there is a convenient charging station for electric cars powered by hydroelectricity. The Discovery Centre is equipped with several washrooms, including a handicap-accessible facility.

Inside the Mercantile Shop, visitors can obtain park passes, winter permits, and information. A special shoutout to Thea in the Mercantile Shop for making the visit even more enjoyable with her exceptional service! Thea, who works in the shop, is a standout employee known for her hospitality, helpfulness, and friendliness. She is always available to answer any questions you may have.

To access the exhibits, including the Rogers Pass Theatre, a park pass is required. The Mercantile Shop offers a variety of souvenirs such as books, t-shirts, caps, stuffed animals, and other memorabilia.

The lounge area provides a cozy space to relax, featuring a fireplace, chess board, comfortable leather chairs, sofas, and a selection of reading materials. The theatre presents educational films on topics such as bear safety and the ongoing efforts to keep roads open despite heavy snowfall and avalanches.

Exhibits include a model of Rogers Pass, a display of wild animals such as the American marten, marmot, cougar, coyote, black bear, caribou, and caribou antlers. There are interactive activities for children, including animal footprints, small tables, chairs, paper, and crayons. The climbing exhibit is another highlight for young visitors.

For those looking to take a break, there are additional washrooms to the west of the Discovery Centre with individual doors for privacy, individual sinks, and air dryers. These facilities cater to tour buses and tourists, providing numerous bathroom stalls.

The picturesque setting of Rogers Pass, combined with the educational displays and comfortable amenities, makes the Discovery Centre...

Rogers Pass, gap between the Hermit and Sir Donald ranges of the Selkirk Mountains, in Glacier National Park, southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It was named for Major A.B. Rogers, who explored it in 1881 while searching for a practicable route for the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Despite its relatively low elevation (4,354 feet [1,327 metres] above sea level), attempts to lay track through the pass cost so many lives from avalanches down its steep valley sides that instead the 5-mile- (8-km-) long Connaught Tunnel was built in 1916 beneath the pass. A scenic section (protected by huge snowsheds) of the Trans-Canada Highway between Revelstoke (west) and Golden (east) was completed through the pass in 1962. That accomplishment was observed (September 3, 1962) as the official opening of the entire route, and a monument was later erected on the pass to commemorate the occasion. Another railway tunnel, the 9.1-mile- (14.6-km-) long Mount MacDonald Tunnel (completed 1988), was built beneath the pass to reduce track grades for westbound trains; eastbound trains now use Connaught Tunnel. At the heart of Rogers Pass National Historic Site, the Rogers Pass Discovery Centre is designed to look like an historic railway snowshed. An essential place to start or end your day, the centre features a souvenir shop, a museum presenting the history of the area, and staff available to share their knowledge and latest updates year-round. The Discovery Centre, accessible right off the Trans-Canada Highway is the only facility open during the early spring and winter when campgrounds, trails and day-use areas may still lie under a...

Inside Glacier NP is the Rogers Pass Discovery Center. Like many people we stopped in to use the restrooms, as it is like a Visitor's Center, with easy and accessible parking. We showed our Canada Parks Pass. The building is large and comfortable.the rangers were friendly and happy to answer our questions. We stayed to learn about the horrific avalanche that happened in March 1910, the worst avalanche in Canada's history. 'Snow Sheds' had been build to cover exposed track, but not nearly enough. 1910 had been a particularly bad winter for avalanches, and the crew of 63 and a plowing engine were already at work on March 4. The Rogers Pass tracks were the only passage through the mountains. They were working against time as an east-bound train was headed into this area. Just as they finished, another larger avalanche fell from the opposite mountain, burying 3100 feet of track and tossing the 91-ton snow plow engine 50 feet and up-ending it. There was only one survivor and when the recovery team arrived, they found bodies buried under 31 feet of snow. The railroad never recovered from the loss. After the damage was cleared, they abandoned this site and bored a tunnel through the mountain. The entrance to this tunnel is nearby off an unnamed barricaded road. We found our visit very interesting...