Great bear snow shed, approaching from the north southern yellowhead highway 5, southbound highway 5 begins south at the junction with crowsnest highway ( highway 3 ) at uninhabited "othello", 7 km (4.3 mi) east of hope (named after a nearby siding on the kettle valley railway, which used many shakespearean names).. Coquihalla’s great bear snow shed – 285m long. tags: avalancheprogram, avalanchesafety, roadsafety, snowshed. 11 responses to avalanche safety – shedding light on the snow shed. doug on march 13, 2018 at 4:06 pm if there is an accident in the snowshed, there should be emergency, highly visible signage southbound near the exit of the. The coquihalla highway is now open northbound at the great bear snowshed following an accident. traffic was backed up for a few kilometres while crews dealt with the situation..
Coquihalla highway and the great bear snow shed in british columbia (photos) highway 5 was the only highway in british columbia to have tolls, a typical passenger vehicle toll was c$10. now free to drive, at the coquihalla lakes junction, the highway crosses from the fraser valley regional district into the thompson-nicola. Great bear snow shed coquihalla highway, bc the most impressive structure on the coquihalla highway, the great bear snow shed is locate in one of the highest snowfall regions of the province. with a total length of 920 feet (280 metres), and 36 foot (11 metre) high portal walls, the structure shelters 6 lanes of […]. An incredible eight avalanche dams, 19 containment basins, two diversion trenches and three sets of avalanche benches were built in addition to the massive great bear snowshed, to protect the highway..
