Overview
- Officials ordered preventive closures of Paso Cristo Redentor and Paso Pehuenche that took effect after announcements made late Monday and were in place on Tuesday because forecasts showed significant snow in the high mountains.
- Authorities published exact barrier and tunnel closure times for the crossings, reporting barrier shutdowns at 19:00 in Uspallata and 18:00 in Guardia Vieja with the international tunnel scheduled to close at 21:00 Argentina time and 20:00 Chile time.
- Weather services and technical road reports predict multiple snow events through mid-June that will reduce visibility, allow snow and ice to accumulate, and complicate snow-clearing operations.
- Binational coordination between the Sistema Integrado Cristo Redentor, Pehuenche border coordination and Gendarmería has declared the passes closed 'hasta nuevo aviso' and urged travelers and freight operators to monitor official updates.
- The shutdowns disrupt cross-border travel and freight and limit routing alternatives because Pehuenche was also closed, while the region’s winter schedule and repeated storms raise the prospect of an extended suspension of normal mountain transit.