Compact snow and slushy conditions met the highways in the Southern Interior this week.

Over 40 centimetres of snow has fallen on the Coquihalla since Monday and Environment Canada is calling for much more of the white stuff in the coming days.

Crashes over the last couple of days have closed both the Coquihalla and Connector highways.

Both directions of Highway 97C were closed 15 kilometres east of Logan Lake for five hours Wednesday morning.

On Tuesday evening, a crash about 20 kilometres south of Merritt on Highway 5 closed the road southbound, while another crash closed the highway northbound at Merritt.

Yet another crash closed Highway 5 northbound at Merritt Wednesday afternoon.