The Trans-Canada Highway has been shut in both directions between Revelstoke and Golden, B.C. because of an avalanche, according to DriveBC.
In an update posted on its website at just before 8 a.m., DriveBC estimated the major route between B.C. and Alberta could remain closed until noon or later.
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No detour is available.
Avalanche control on the same route about 16 km east of Field, B.C. has also caused delays closer to the Alberta border.
Drivers on that stretch of Highway 1 can expect a delay of about an hour, DriveBC said.
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