The Parks Highway was closed in both directions north of Cantwell on Friday after debris from an avalanche crossed the roadway. The avalanche at Mile 219 closed the Parks Highway as of 10 a.m. Friday,

Sean Rose was driving north on the Parks Highway when he got caught in the avalanche. An avalanche closed the Parks Highway near Cantwell around 10 a.m. on Friday morning, dumping about six feet of snow and debris across mile 219.

An avalanche has blocked mile 219 of the Parks Highway near Denali National Park, resulting in a full highway closure. Around 10 a.m., an avalanche on the Parks Highways stopped traffic from moving north and south as the snow “was the width of the road as well as six feet tall,