Westgate Pass is the only pass through the Vingaard Mountains that is guarded by the High Clerist's Tower. In the past, the winters would get so bad that this pass would be block by snow, which during the War of the Lance prevented much needed supplies from coming to the Tower.
References
- The Annotated Dragonlance Chronicles, Winter Night, p. 857
- The Second Generation, 'Kitiara's Son', p. 58
- Weasel's Luck, p. 217