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The route winds slowly uphill through thick woods, then reaches the iconic Horseshoe Curve, where the tracks bend sharply around the mountainside in a massive horseshoe shape.
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Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
Video of the incident, shared by Parks Canada on its Facebook page, showed the moment the skier triggered the avalanche, sending snow tumbling down the mountainside as the individual got swept away.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Thanks to four of Solar Orbiter’s instruments working in unison to observe the flare, scientists have, for the first time, seen how smaller magnetic instabilities can build up into a large flare, like an avalanche on a snowy mountainside originating from a relatively small disturbance.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Picture yourself on a sheer mountainside looking over a dizzying 300-foot cliff.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 23 Jan. 2026
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Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
Video of the incident, shared by Parks Canada on its Facebook page, showed the moment the skier triggered the avalanche, sending snow tumbling down the mountainside as the individual got swept away.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Thanks to four of Solar Orbiter’s instruments working in unison to observe the flare, scientists have, for the first time, seen how smaller magnetic instabilities can build up into a large flare, like an avalanche on a snowy mountainside originating from a relatively small disturbance.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Picture yourself on a sheer mountainside looking over a dizzying 300-foot cliff.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Mountainside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mountainside. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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mountainside
noun
moun·tain·side
ˈmau̇nt-ᵊn-ˌsīd 
: the side of a mountain
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