The Abbot Pass hut was an alpine hut located at an altitude of 2,925 metres (9,596 ft) in Abbot Pass in the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada. It was nestled between Mount Victoria and Mount Lefroy, straddling the Great Divide,[1] which, in this region, defines the boundary between Banff National Park in Alberta and Yoho National Park in British Columbia. While close to the border, the hut lay entirely in Banff National Park, and was the second-highest permanently habitable structure in Canada (after the Neil Colgan Hut). The hut was maintained by the Alpine Club of Canada.[2][3][4]
It was closed in the summer of 2018 pending a geotechnical evaluation of the slope which underlies the structure, after a hiker noticed erosion on its eastern side, due to melting glacier ice.[5] The hut never reopened after the COVID-19 pandemic delayed repair work, and despite having been declared a National Heritage site in 1992, was deemed irreparable and in June 2022, demolished.[3][6][4][7][8]
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Haberl, Keith (1997). Alpine Huts: A guide to the facilities of the Alpine Club of Canada. Alpine Club of Canada. pp. 61–68. ISBN 0-920330-32-0.
^ abMoore, Sarah (25 February 2022). "Climate change forces Parks Canada to dismantle, remove historic mountain hut". CBC News. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^ abMarty, Sid (28 March 2022). "Requiem for a Mountain Sanctuary". The Tyee. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^Fletcher, Robson (August 11, 2018). "Historic Abbot Pass Hut on Alberta-B.C. border closed due to slope erosion". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. CBC News. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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