The Colorado Department of Transportation closed U.S. 6, which crosses the ContinentalDivide near the scene of the avalanche, to facilitate the search.
By the 1930s, the horses had been replaced by cars with the completion of the aptly named Going-to-the-Sun Road, a heart-in-your-mouth rollercoaster that climbs past cascading waterfalls and gaping cliffs up to the continentaldivide at 6, 646ft-high Logan Pass.
The fact that you highlight an artificial geographic distinction shows the great cultural divide that has separated Europeans from the rest of their continental neighbours.