Talk:Stevens Pass

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The page read more like a ski resort brochure than something about a mountain pass, so I reduced the information about the Stevens Pass Ski Area, which would be great on a page about the ski area, but is only tangentially related to the mountain pass, especially bits about how you can find lodging in Leavenworth. That belongs on a page about the ski resort. I took it off the category on ski places, since we're talking about a mountain pass here not a ski slope, and added a geography category and stub. I realize it can be confusing since the ski resort and the pass share the same name, but they are really two different things.

Also, is the pass really named after John Frank Stevens? I always thought it was named after Isaac Stevens, the first governor of Washington Territory. Also, even though the page on John Frank Stevens says he discovered Stevens Pass in, apparently, the 1890s, I find that hard to believe. Isaac Stevens was sending out railroad survey teams in the 1850s. I'll check later when I have more time.

Finally, this page could use more information about the pass's history (building of the railroad and tunnels for example), its geography (mountains nearby and headwaters of rivers for example), and less on how many chair lifts there are and where to find a hotel. Just saying. Pfly 18:56, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

It was indeed named for John F. Stevens according to several sources. 8th Ohio Volunteers 14:36, 21 November 2006 (UTC)