Francis Bailey

Vancouver, BC
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Drove about 1km past the E-200 branch. Snow starts immediately after the bridge and the road is not plowed. However, most of the snow is melted out. W...

Francis Bailey - Dec 16, 2023

Snow started around 400m, and we were able to drive up to ~650m with chains on.

Francis Bailey - Dec 16, 2023

Drove all the way to Elaho mainline. The road has been plowed and there’s only a few slushy sections, but otherwise 2WD

Francis Bailey - Dec 16, 2023

Drove up to the Branch 7300/South Statlu FSR turn off at ~7.5km. There was an old layer of snow on the road, but tire tracks were down to bare rock an...

Francis Bailey - Dec 12, 2023

Long since deactivated road. It's heavily choked up with alders and not worth walking. Thankfully the flanks of the road have pruned second growth and...

Francis Bailey - Dec 12, 2023

We only walked a small part of this spur but we could see the entire thing as we walked through the cut block. There's a few water bars but it's other...

Francis Bailey - Dec 12, 2023

Minimal to no snow up to the Statlu Creek turn off at 15km

Francis Bailey - Dec 12, 2023

Only drove the 1km mark and then walked another 1.5km. However, the road looks in good condition further beyond. We stopped as weren't sure how icy th...

Francis Bailey - Dec 12, 2023

We were able to drive the ~11.7km mark where we parked before heading up to the Fire Spires. There was a bunch of logging occurring on the upper slope...

Francis Bailey - May 21, 2022

This road has since been repaired, but I just wanted to include the massive washout we encountered when attempting to drive into the Kwioek Creek area...

Francis Bailey - Jul 30, 2022

A logging crew had plowed the road up to the 2km mark for their heli operation. The road beyond had around 20-30cm of snow. With chains you may be abl...

Francis Bailey - Dec 02, 2023

There was about a foot of snow on the way in this morning, but after a kilometre in the road was suddenly plowed. We drove all the way to Branch 5 whe...

Francis Bailey - Dec 02, 2023

As mentioned in other bulletins on Borden FSR, there's a large section of road that has washed away down a steep embankment. It's around 650m in eleva...

Francis Bailey - Nov 29, 2023

Walked past this road on the way to Mount Mcguire and it appears the bridge is out and the road is impassible.

Francis Bailey - Nov 29, 2023

Drove as far as the washed out bridge at the 8km mark (~3.5km from the New Bordern FSR junction). The 4x4 bypass still look feasible, however there wa...

Francis Bailey - Nov 29, 2023

Much of the road bed is in okay shape and is atleast bikeable, but there are numerous washouts/impasses (at least 3) along the way and several very ov...

Francis Bailey - Aug 12, 2023

Only driveable to the creek after which the bridge is out

Francis Bailey - Nov 25, 2023

We were able to drive all the way to the junction with Branch 17 (3.75km mark) in a cross trek without a issue. A few water bars required picking a go...

Francis Bailey - Nov 25, 2023

We were able to drive about 2km up before hitting snow. After this point we walked, but the road appeared driveable until the creek crossing just befo...

Francis Bailey - May 11, 2021

[From Graham Snowfield] - Quick update to let others know the top of E-100 off Mamquam is still being actively logged. Road is in great condition and ...

Francis Bailey - Nov 03, 2023

Very overgrown with alder in the lower section and then chocked full of deadfall higher up. It's better to stick to the forest for the lower section a...

Francis Bailey - Mar 27, 2021

As Sean, mentioned the road is in overall great shape, although I only drove as far as the Mount Seton trailhead.

Francis Bailey - Oct 22, 2023

I found the road was in rough shape with a few very deep and narrow cross ditches that were impossible to avoid scraping on. Higher up I had to park a...

Francis Bailey - Jul 09, 2022

There are numerous massive cross ditches to drive through and a narrow off-camber section above Foley Lake. All still doable in a 4x4 but high clearan...

Francis Bailey - Jul 09, 2023

The road has apparently been repaired now, according to the latest update on: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/natural-resource-use/resourc...

Francis Bailey - Oct 25, 2023

The lower section is extremely grown in and you are all but certain to get pin striping here. There are only a handful of spots where you can pull ove...

Francis Bailey - Sep 09, 2023

Road is in great condition except for the last ~300m where some avalanche debris has scoured the road. 4WD can easily make it through this, but lower ...

Francis Bailey - Oct 09, 2023

There’s a decent washout almost immediately from the start and a very large water bar. I was able to drive beyond that in a Tacoma and get another 500...

Francis Bailey - Oct 21, 2023

We only drove the short section to the 47-2 Spur but it was in great condition

Francis Bailey - Oct 21, 2023

The road was in great condition all the way to the 16km where we turned off. A few deep pot holes but I don’t see many vehicles having issues. Not aff...

Francis Bailey - Oct 21, 2023