Major Armenian highways  and Upper Lars  border crossing closed due  to heavy snow

ArmInfo.  The Armenian Rescue Service reports that as of 10:40 AM on January 10, there are closed roads in the country. The Stepantsminda-Lars road is closed to all vehicle types.

Specifically, the roads leading from the Amberd high-mountain  meteorological station in the Aragatsotn region to the Amberd  Fortress and Lake Kari are impassable. The  highways in the Aparan  region, as well as the section from the Jermuk junction to  Saravan-Zanger, and the Vardenyats, Keti, and Jajur passes are also  closed to trucks with trailers. Turns in Spitak are also challenging  for trucks with trailers.

Heavy snowfall has been reported in the districts of Artashat,  Ararat, Yeghegnadzor, Vayk, Sisian, Meghri, Talin, Ani, Artik,  Akhuryan, Ashotsk (buk), Ashtarak, Aparan, Aragats, Spitak, Abovyan,  Hrazdan, Sevan, Gavar, Martuni, Vardenis, and the Dilijan curves.

Black ice has formed on roads in the regions of Aparan, Aragats,  Sevan, Chambarak, Martuni, Gavar, Abovyan, Hrazdan, Nairi, Goris,  Ashotsk, and Amasia.  The department urges all drivers use  exclusively winter tires. It is also noted that, according to  information received from the Department of Emergency Situations of  the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and the Crisis Management  Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in North  Ossetia, the Stepantsminda-Lars highway is closed to all types of  transport.