Know Before You Go

2026 Current Travel Advisories & Major Events:

Highway Closures
March 19 – Highway 1 between Townley Street and Anderson Road for 141.4 kms; avalanche control work beginning at 7pm PDT.

March 19 – Highway 93 between W Boundary of Kootenay National Park and the end of Hwy 93 for 91 kms; avalanche hazard.

BC Parks Active Advisories
Purcell Wilderness Conservancy has limited access.
Top of the World Park has limited access.
Valhalla Park has limited access.

Kootenay & Yoho National Parks
All waterbodies in these parks are closed to watercraft and angling to reduce the spread of aquatic invasive species, including whirling disease.
In effect until March 31, 2027.