Imagine snowfalls deeper than a bus is tall.

That’s what you’ll find on the so-called Gold Line in northern Japan, which workers have just opened to traffic.

The road runs between Mt. Hakkoda and Lake Towada, a volcanic caldera lake in Aomori Prefecture.

At the highest section, the snow is more than 6 meters deep.

Workers plowed the route for the first time in 4 months.

They began from opposite ends, and celebrated after meeting in the middle.

The road officially opens to public traffic from April 1st.