Avalanche on Highway 16 near BC/Alberta border
Posted January 13, 2014 12:45 pm.
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VALEMOUNT (NEWS1130) – A massive avalanche forced the closure of Highway 16 down near the BC/Alberta border for much of the day.
It came down around 9:30 a.m. on the Shale Hill area of Mount Robson.
With 50 to 60 centimetres of snow over the last 3 days and a weak layer underneath, Bruce Greg with the Ministry of Transportation says they haven’t had a challenge like this in about 20 years. “Heavy snow was followed by heavy rain early this morning and conditions deteriorated rapidly.”
The stretch of highway reopened around 6 p.m.
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