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In the Bear River, near Stewart, British Columbia, Canada
The seaward slope of the Coast Mountains is one of the wettest areas on earth, with over 200 inches of precipitation a year. High up this creates massive ice fields and glaciers. Lower down it is manifest in the lush green vegetation clinging to the cliffs and the hundreds of waterfalls and cascades. Great conical piles of snow from winter avalanches line the valley sides.
This is on the road from the Cassiar Highway at Meziadin to Stewart on the coast, just west of the pass and the Bear Glacier. Even in midsummer driving this road can be an adventure of wind-driven rain. In winter it is even more so, menaced by avalanches and frequent hurricane force winds.
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