Overview
- - Authorities reopened the crossing at 9:00 on Saturday for all vehicle types in both directions, following improved forecasts confirmed by the Coordinación del Centro de Frontera.
- - Friday’s preventive shutdown was staged, with barriers lowered at Uspallata and Guardia Vieja at 11:00 and the international tunnel closed at 13:00 due to forecasts of snow, strong winds and heavy precipitation, mainly on the Chilean side.
- - Officials signaled they may reclose the corridor if conditions deteriorate and scheduled a coordinators’ meeting for Saturday evening to reassess.
- - Travelers are urged to check official updates and carry tire chains given the risk of ice and rapid weather changes in high mountain sections.
- - Paso Pehuenche remains closed until further notice, and wait times at Chile’s Los Libertadores complex exceeded two hours for private vehicles on Saturday, while processing on the Argentine side was reported as fluid.