Overview

• Binational coordinators reopened the crossing at 09:00 for all vehicle types in both directions after a weekend shutdown.
• Gendarmería and provincial police are encapsulating groups of private vehicles to manage icy stretches and heavy traffic.
• Hundreds of trucks queued on Ruta Nacional 7 and many stranded visitors in Mendoza and at the Uspallata control area began to move.
• Paso Pehuenche remains closed due to unsafe conditions and accumulated snow on the roadway.
• Meteorological services and local officials flagged a possible frontal system late in the week that could trigger new preventive closures.