Rogers Pass Weather & Road Conditions

2 current reports along the route. Always check with DriveBC before setting off.

• Lanes blocked

  Incident (hazard) on Highway 1, Trans-Canada Highway

  Washout from Highway 1 to Beaver Valley Rd. Right lane closed. Watch for traffic control. Expect delays. Speed Limit restriction: 50. Last update: September 15th, 2026 at 8:06pm PDT. Next update: October 2nd, 2026 at 12:00pm PDT. Emergency rehab work September 14-October 2. Left lane remains open on Beaver Hill.

  Trans-Canada Highway • Westbound • BC • Ongoing Details

• Restriction

  Road work on Highway 1, Trans-Canada Highway

  Road maintenance from Highway 1, At Bench Snowshed. Starting Tue Sep 8 until Fri Oct 30. All day, every day. Last update: September 15th, 2026 at 8:06pm PDT. Snowshed maintenance. Intermittent short term stoppages. Speeds reduced to 30 km/hr. Lane width reduced to 3.2m. Watch for traffic control and expect delays. Please reach out to Online Constructors at 604-791-8264 to coordinate wide load passage.

  Trans-Canada Highway • Both directions • BC • Until Oct 31, 12:00 AM Details

Rogers Pass Winter Tire & Chain-Up Requirements

Rogers Pass is on a designated winter tire and chain route. Winter tires are required on it every year from October 1 to April 30, whatever the forecast on the day, and commercial vehicles carry chains and put them on at the chain-up signs. What is in force right now — a chain-up in effect, a closure — this page does not carry; DriveBC ↗ is the authority before you set off. The rule in full, with the fines and the exceptions, is on the British Columbia page.

What this page can tell you is the surface at the summit, from radar and surface analysis: currently dry, with the road surface estimated at 2°C. The road surface figure is an estimate derived from air temperature, not a measurement — bridges and overpasses run colder than the number shown.

Rogers Pass Weather Forecast: Next 6 Days

At the summit, 1,330 m. Each day shows its warmest and coldest hour, and the worst driving conditions forecast anywhere in it — not the average, because the hour that closes a pass is the one worth knowing about.

1. Rest of today Sep 20

   

   16°C 6°C

   Dry

   Wind to 10 km/h

2. Mon Sep 21

   

   15°C 6°C

   Dry

   Wind to 13 km/h

3. Tue Sep 22

   

   13°C 4°C

   Dry

   Wind to 12 km/h

4. Wed Sep 23

   

   12°C 3°C

   Wet worst around 9 PM

   Wind to 12 km/h
   4.1 mm precipitation

5. Thu Sep 24

   

   10°C 2°C

   Ice worst around 4 AM

   Wind to 12 km/h
   5.0 mm precipitation

6. Fri Sep 25

   

   5°C -1°C

   Ice worst around 4 PM

   Wind to 10 km/h
   17.5 mm precipitation

Forecast, not a measurement — from the same weather service that draws this page's radar and road colors, model run 6 hours ago. Days run on Pacific time, the clock the pass keeps — not the reader's.

The climb to Rogers Pass

Where each approach starts, how far below the summit, and how much road the climb takes. The starting points are DriveBC cameras, so the elevations are the province's own; the distances are measured along the highway's line. Snow at the summit and rain at the start is the normal state of this road for half the year, and the table says how far apart the two are.

Why Rogers Pass closes

Avalanches, on purpose. The 40 km of Highway 1 through Glacier National Park crosses 135 avalanche paths under slopes that get up to 15 m of snow a winter, and Parks Canada runs the largest mobile avalanche control programme in the world to keep it open: soldiers fire 105 mm howitzers at the starting zones to bring the snow down while the road is empty, and seven concrete snowsheds carry the highway under the paths that run most often. A control closure lasts two to eight hours; a storm cycle can keep the pass shut for days, as it did from 17 to 20 March 2026.

The army's part in this, Operation PALACI, has run since 1961 and ends in August 2027; Parks Canada says the programme continues and is talking to National Defence about what replaces the guns.

Two dates for the tire rule here. Parks Canada's winter-driving page for the park says winter tires are required from October 1 to March 31; the province's rule for routes through mountain passes runs to April 30. Where two authorities differ, drive to the later one.

The dated closures, with the province's own releases for each, are on the Highway 1 page.

If Rogers Pass is closed

• Highways 23, 6, 3 and 95 through the Kootenays — about 9 h 25 min longer than the direct road when both are open, 735 km against 148 km for Rogers Pass. There is no short way round Rogers Pass. This one runs south past Nakusp (with the Galena Bay ferry), through Nelson and Creston to Cranbrook and back north up the Columbia — most of a day, and the reason a Rogers Pass closure is usually waited out.

Distances and times are measured over openrouteservice on a clear road, and a closure day is not one: the detour carries the closed road's traffic too. Whether the pass is open right now is on DriveBC ↗.

Rogers Pass by the month

Thirty-year normals from the nearest Environment and Climate Change Canada station with a full record: Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, at the summit itself. Averages for 1981–2010; a normal month, not this month.

Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010, station GLACIER NP ROGERS PASS (1173191), 1,330 m, through the MSC GeoMet API.

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Rogers Pass Road Weather FAQ

Is Rogers Pass open right now?

No full closures are reported on Rogers Pass as of Sep 20, 2026 5:47 AM PDT. 2 lane closures, roadworks or restrictions are in force. They are listed under closures and road blocks on this page.

What are Rogers Pass road conditions today?

The map on this page colors the route along Rogers Pass by what is on the pavement right now — dry, wet, slush, snow or ice — from radar and surface data, last updated Sep 20, 2026 3:42 AM PDT. Right now temperatures run from 5°C to 9°C and the strongest wind is 15 km/h.

Do I need chains on Rogers Pass today?

In a car, no. Rogers Pass is on a designated winter tire route: winter tires are required on it from October 1 to April 30, and chains are what commercial vehicles carry and put on at the chain-up signs. A chain-up in effect or a closure is posted on the signs and on DriveBC. What this page can tell you is that the surface at the summit is dry, and the road surface is estimated at 2°C.

What is the weather forecast for Rogers Pass this week?

At the summit, Sep 20 to Sep 25: highs 5-16°C, lows -1-6°C. Snow or ice is forecast on the road Thu and Fri. It is a forecast rather than a measurement, and the later days are less certain than the earlier ones.

How often are Rogers Pass road conditions updated?

The road surface and weather layers are rebuilt whenever this page is opened with data more than ten minutes old, and refreshed on a schedule in between, so nothing here is more than about two hours old even on a road nobody has looked at. Closures and road blocks are re-imported from DriveBC every fifteen minutes. Every section on this page carries the time its data was fetched.