Snow, winter weather, prompts school closures Monday in eastern Fraser Valley

Snow and winter weather conditions have prompted some school closures on Monday Jan. 9.

All schools in the following districts are closed today:

• Fraser-Cascade (SD 78)
• Chilliwack (SD 33)
• University of the Fraser Valley Hope campus

All snowfall warnings for the region have now ended.

Some of the highways still hazardous however, so drivers are being urged to travel with caution.

Up to five centimetres of snow is expected to fall on the Sea to Sky Highway.

The Coquihalla Highway, from Hope to Merritt, is expected to get about 15 centimetres of snow. It is expected to turn to flurries this afternoon.

WATCH: While Metro Vancouver dealt with its first rainfall this year, that precipitation in the Fraser Valley took the form of snow. As Jordan Armstrong reports, that’s led to school closures and plenty of traffic problems.

2:13 Slippery commute, school closures as Fraser Valley blanketed by snow