Snow on southern BC mountain passes just in time for long weekend travel
Usually the warning for drivers heading into the Victoria Day long weekend is to drive the speed limit and care to avoid a crash.
This long weekend, it’s also slow down because it’s probably going to snow on the mountain passes in the southern Interior.
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement with 2 to 5 centimetres of snow expected on mountain passes on the Coquihalla, Okanagan Connector and Trans-Canada highways in the southern Interior.
An upper low will bring a cool airmass to high elevations late Thursday, May 16, into the long weekend.
The cold air along with precipitation means the mountain passes can expect a snow overnight Thursday and possibly overnight Friday and Saturday morning, the weather office said.
Snow can be expected above 1,000 metres on the Coquihalla Highway and the Okanagan Connector.
Snow is forecast above 1,300 m on Rogers Pass while the snow level at the Begbie Summit is 1,000 m.
On Highway 3, expect snow above 1,000 m on the Allison Pass and above 1,400 m through the Kootenay Pass.
For the latest road conditions check out DriveBC here.
To contact a reporter for this story, email Howard Alexander or call 250-309-5343 or email the editor. You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom and be entered to win a monthly prize draw.
We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here.
