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Tennessee Pass never had major snowfall problems -- it's thoroughly shadowed by peaks around it, and protected from high winds, too. No rotary snowplow was used there in modern history, and the Russell Plow stationed at Minturn never turned a wheel most winters. <br /> <br />There is no inland mountain pass used by a railroad in North America with snowfall that matches the Pacific Coast passes, except perhaps Rogers Pass, either in total accumulation or in moisture content, because the weather pattern of the Northern Hemisphere is west to east and systems begin precipitating their moisture upon encountering the first uplift. That's why the Great Basin is a desert. What made Rollins Pass difficult, as I talked about in the April issue, was due to its great exposure above timberline, its frequent high winds, its extreme altitude, and its 4% grades.
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