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Snow Keeps Welsh Mountain Roads Shut as Crews Treat Routes Under Met Office Warning

A yellow weather warning runs until midday with high routes closed or barely passable.

Overview

  • Multiple roads remain affected on Saturday, with the A542 Horseshoe Pass still closed in both directions between the Corwen and Wrexham turn-offs.
  • The A4061 Rhigos Mountain Road is only just passable after an intense snow shower on Friday, and crews are actively gritting the route.
  • Further disruption includes full closures on the B4560 at Garnlydan and Swansea's Rhyddwen Road, with limited passability on sections of the A5, A458 and B4338.
  • Rhondda Cynon Taf Council urges inexperienced drivers to take alternative routes on the Rhigos due to poor conditions.
  • Drivers report sliding and periodic standstills on steep sections, compounded by vehicles abandoned during Thursday's worst conditions.