Avalanche closes Trans Canada near Field

Feb 8, 2017 | 4:22 AM

LAKE LOUISE — An emergency official says no one was hurt when an avalanche rolled over the Trans-Canada Highway in southeastern British Columbia early this morning.

Jamieson Harbottle, the fire chief in nearby Field, B.C., says one tractor-trailer was involved in the slide, but only because the driver tried to get past the avalanche.

The avalanche has closed down the highway just inside the British Columbia boundary in Yoho National Park, west of Lake Louise, Alta.

A B.C. Transportation Ministry advisory says both directions of the highway have been closed off from Field to the boundary with Alberta.