Traffic conditions are further complicated this Saturday morning in the mountains, following heavy snowfall overnight.
In all the sectors of Conflent, Haut Conflent, Garrotxes, Cerdagne and Capcir, traffic is difficult and special equipment is compulsory from an altitude of 800 m. The access roads to Andorra are completely closed from Porta and Hospitalet, as are the Col de Jau as well as the D33 between Eyne and Llo and between Estavar and Egat.
In Haut Vallespir, traffic is difficult and special equipment is compulsory between Prats de Mollo and the Col d’Ares, on the other roads in the sector, however, traffic is normal.
A rugged snow plow
This Friday evening a snow plow left the road at Puyvalador on the D118. The machine fell into a ditch before hitting a tree. The 50-year-old driver found himself stranded in the cabin and had to be extricated by firefighters. Wounded in one foot, he was evacuated to the Puigcerda hospital. About twenty rescuers were mobilized for nearly three hours on this intervention.