The height of a snow cover on olympus have made 70 cm

The Cypriot police website cypruspolicenews.com publishes up-to-date data on the condition of the roadways and the availability of certain sections of the road. Here you can find out the latest news and get acquainted with the details of various incidents.

At the moment, the snow depth on Mount Olympus is 70 cm, and in the village of Troodos — 50 cm. In the following sections of the road, you can only drive cars with all-wheel drive or cars with wheels equipped with skid chains:

• Karvunas — Troodos;
• Platres — Troodos;
• Prodromos — Troodos;
• Trooditissa — Troodos.

Traffic is restricted on several sections of the road:

• Gerasa — Kalo Horio: rockfall occurred here;
• Agios Nikolaos — Per Vasa: due to flooding.

On other parts of the road, traffic is normal. Foggy weather has established in the highlands, so one should expect serious problems with visibility. It is also constantly snowing.

At the same time, both locals and tourists go to the snow-covered Troodos every day. Fans of winter sports tend to get into areas where there is an opportunity to go skiing, snowboarding or sledding.