Highway 97 open to single lane traffic near Cache Creek

Highway 97 has re-opened to single lane traffic north of Cache Creekafter it was temporarily closed Saturday night due to a mudslide.

Drive BC is warning motorists to anticipate delays and muddy sections.

This comes after a separate mudslide closed Highway 97 on Friday just twokilometressouth of the Highway 99 junction.

Living along Highway 97

The string of slides has left residents living along Highway 97 nervous.

• First came the fires, then came the mud: Clinton residents facing new threat

Debbie Beech lives in Clinton, north of Cache Creek, and she says her homeis facing serious threats after a mudslidetook out her horse pasture and riding ring.

"The mud is all filled up behind our house and now there's nowhere for it to go but take our house," said Beech. "There's probably a kilometre worth of fields that have been washed out from the mountainside."

Residents of Clinton worry that controlled back burns by B.C. Wildfire crews last summer have left the hillside unstable.

With files from Karin Larsen