Victoria family spent night stuck on Coquihalla but had snacks and blankets

She is calling it their "great Canadian adventure."

Tina Webber says her family of four had to spend Thursday night in their car afterthe CoquihallaHighway was shut down due to hazardous driving conditions.

An emergency room doctor in Victoria, Webber says the family was heading to Kamloopsfor a ski trip.

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"The major problem was thehuge numbers of trucks, and it was like a huge sheet of ice coming down the hill to the Coldwater Interchange and then back up again, " Webber told All Points West hostRobyn Burns.

Webber says they were stuck on the highway overnight from 9 p.m. to 9:30 a.m.

"Nobody came through the night to tell us what was going on," Webber said.

"Hunkering down was an option, because my husband had lived in Prince George, so he was well prepared.

"He had packed all the sleeping bags in the car just in case. We had a full bag of really unhealthy snacks, so the kids were happy."

Webber says a B.C. highway official came by around 8:30 a.m. and passed out granola bars.

She says traffic started to move in the morning. However, the family won't be able to reach itsdestination until the Coquihalla reopens.

By Fridaymorning, 50 to 100 people were still stuck on theCoquihalla, according to Mike Lorimer, the regional director for the southern Interior region of the Ministry of Highways.

Webber wasimpressed by how her kids handledtheir unplanned winter car-camping experience.

"We consider it a great Canadian adventure. There are not many other places in the world where you can say you spent the night in the middle of a snowbank cozy under down blankets."