Highway 1 from Revelstoke to Golden closed due to high avalanche hazard

A winter storm warning is in effect on Highway 1 from Rogers Pass to Eagle Pass, and Environment Canada’s Bobby Sekhon says the worst may be yet to come.

“We are seeing quite a bit of snow through the Rogers Pass area, and we’ll be having more on the way,” said Sekhon. “Still heavy snow coming in to that area. Possible another 55 centimetres over the next day and a half here. So it’s certainly not over yet.”

A warning is also in place for the Coquihalla Highway with up to 35 centimetres of snow anticipated by tomorrow morning.

Sekhon says the amount of precipitation that falls as snow will depend on elevation.

“We did see the warm air move in faster than we had initially expected, so right now there’s a bit of a rain snow mix happening and the freezing levels are just going to be rising at this point and it should be switched over to rain completely by this afternoon, even some places right now are switch over to rain,” said Sekhon.

Winds are expected to pick up for Kamloops and north into the 100 Mile House area today, but Sekhon says precipitation totals in those areas will be light.

“As we get into the Cariboo, we’re seeing a bit of precipitation there, rain and snow in different areas depending on the temperature,” said Sekhon. “We could see locally 5 to 10 centimetres in some places of the Cariboo, and then things kind of taper off to just a chance of flurries or showers tonight and things kind of dry out after that on Friday.”

Motorists are urged to check Drive BC before making travel plans for the rest of the week.

by Ashley Legassic / James Peters

Highway 1 from Revelstoke to Golden closed due to high avalanche hazard

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