Highway 97A south of Sicamous is likely to remain closed in both directions until Sunday morning

Photo: Oliver Chapman

Rocks across Highway 97A south of Sicamous.

UPDATE: 12:47 p.m.

Highway 97A south of Sicamous will likely remain closed until Sunday morning.

DriveBC says their next update on the closure can be expected Sunday at 10 a.m.

The highway was shut down in both directions after large boulders crashed onto the road overnight.

Drivers can bypass the closure by detouring through Salmon Arm, using highways 1 and 97B.

UPDATE: 10:45 a.m.

The highway south of Sicamous remains closed in both directions after large boulders fell on the road overnight.

Highway 97A was closed just before midnight, and it looks like it'll remain closed until at least Saturday afternoon.

In a 10:15 a.m. update, DriveBC says crews are on scene assessing the rock slide, and a new update isn't expected until 2 p.m.

Motorists can avoid the closure by detouring through Salmon Arm, using highways 1 and 97B.

ORIGINAL: 6:45 a.m.

Highway 97A south of Sicamous has been closed through the night after rocks fell across the road just before midnight.

The highway remains closed in both directions Saturday morning, as crews assess the scene.

The rock slide occurred between Davidson Dr and the Mara Lake Rest Area, about five kilometres south of Sicamous.

DriveBC does not have an estimate of when the highway may reopen. Motorists can detour through Salmon Arm to avoid the closure.

The closure comes after three weeks of heavy rains across the southwest of the province resulted in slides that have closed a number of highways. A landslide on Highway 99 north of Pemberton last month killed four people, and one person believed to be involved remains missing.

It's not clear if anyone was involved in Friday night's rock slide south of Sicamous.