Join Date: Apr 27, 2024
Location: Not Specified
Contribution Points: 288
Decent shape overall with some muddy spots. Gets narrow and rougher in the last few km to the old border crossing.
Steven Noel - Aug 10, 2024Of note, this road might benefit from subdividing into segments as its conditions (and name) varies considerably. Most access comes via the Lodgepole/...
Steven Noel - Aug 12, 2024Drove east to west from the Upper Flathead. Initial crossing of Squall Creek required a modest ford with a fairly steep but short exit on the west sid...
Steven Noel - Aug 12, 2024A couple modest rougher spots but most any vehicle could make it to Frozen Lake.
Steven Noel - Aug 11, 2024Drove to near road end (~km 9) in a stock AWD SUV. Bridge over Commerce Creek at ~km 1 is removed and required a modest ford that might be trickier in...
Steven Noel - Aug 12, 2024Drove to ~km 37. Previously noted washout is at km 30.5km rather than km33. Beyond the washout (crossed in a stock AWD SUV with some difficulty) the r...
Steven Noel - Aug 11, 2024Good shape, fast travel. Of note, after the junction with the McLatchie FSR (km ~26.5) the name changes to Harvey FSR,
Steven Noel - Aug 12, 2024Need a dozer to get through the 20' alders. Less than 500m an hour on foot.
Steven Noel - Jul 08, 2024Mountain biked the road after canoeing across to km23.5. Active use and freshly graded. One modest ford.
Steven Noel - Jul 08, 2024Launched a canoe from road's end. The last few hundred meters get rougher and look like they could be pretty soft if it was wet.
Steven Noel - Jul 02, 2024Road is in good condition, but some of the surface rocks are sharp--we got a flat.
Steven Noel - Jul 02, 2024First km was good to where I parked. Walked the next 700m or so which is increasingly grown in and has some rocky debris that would benefit from clear...
Steven Noel - Jul 15, 2024Pretty easy going to km8 where I turned left. A few rocky spots, and one or two modest waterbars
Steven Noel - Jul 15, 2024Drove the road to its end at the large drill site visible from satellite in a pair of stock SUVs. The reported slope failure at the start appears to ...
Steven Noel - Jun 24, 2024Took this road to its junction with a south trending spur. Easy travel conditions—2wd friendly for the section I drove.
Steven Noel - Jun 02, 2024Drove via the Leech FSR . A few washouts are starting, fine in a stock SUV for now but only a major storm away from being challenging.
Steven Noel - Jun 02, 2024Good shape to the 1700m landing in a stock SUV via the Fir FSR (not digitized). A ton of spurs on these slopes so satellite imagery is helpful in gett...
Steven Noel - Jun 02, 2024Road is in good shape EXCEPT for the bridge being removed at 100.5km. Road is foot access only with a challenging ford from there--may be impassable i...
Steven Noel - Aug 31, 2022Parked near road terminus, a few water bars that benefit from moderate clearance.
Steven Noel - Aug 06, 2022Some rough spots requiring moderate clearance to the Elk FSR turnoff at 11km.
Steven Noel - Jul 04, 2023Drove the road easily in 2WD to ~44km and turned onto the North White Swan FSR. Have previously (Aug 2019) connected the whole length to the Bull Rive...
Steven Noel - Jul 04, 2023Good condition lower down. Disuse becomes more apparent higher up until we turned around at a moderate washout around km 33.
Steven Noel - May 14, 2023Hike the road from km 3-5. Extensive blowdown. Cannot comment above or below those kms, but suspect the same.
Steven Noel - Oct 31, 2021Hiked the road over extensive blowdowns and marshes--maybe suitable for a mountain bike.
Steven Noel - Oct 31, 2021Good condition lower down. Road becomes increasingly grown in with overhanging alders in upper section, expect paint damage. Turned around at an unbri...
Steven Noel - May 14, 2023Descended after coming up the Moyie FSR over the pass. Mostly good shape with a few potholes to dodge.
Steven Noel - Oct 08, 2022Good condition lower down, gets rougher as you get closer to height of land in the 23-36km range. Managed in a stock Forester with slow driving and mo...
Steven Noel - Oct 08, 2023Good condition to 10km only--turned onto the Teepee FSR there and cannot comment on conditions further south.
Steven Noel - Sep 25, 2022Good condition to km18 where we turned onto the Cross-Mitchell. Cannot comment above.
Steven Noel - Jul 15, 2023Managed in 2WD low clearance to parking at ~4.5km. Bridge decking is deteriorating and a few small water bars are present. Walked the last 1km to 5.5k...
Steven Noel - Jul 14, 2023Road rehabilitated and closed in the early 2000s with several key bridges removed preventing even foot access up the valley. Gated and grown in as of ...
Steven Noel - Sep 12, 2023Fair condition (some rutted and muddy spots, recent logging) to ~km 7 and the termination of the active road at waters edge. Road turning and heading ...
Steven Noel - Sep 12, 2023Relatively recent logging, some muddy and rutted spots. Passable in most vehicles with moderate clearance.
Steven Noel - Sep 12, 2023Generally good condition (some potholes etc) except for the recent removal of a culvert over Caribou Creek (~km 40) requiring a modest ford in Septemb...
Steven Noel - Sep 12, 2023Mountain biked the road, carrying bikes over ~10 major washouts on the W aspect of Arras Mt. Someone had seemingly made it up with a quad not long bef...
Steven Noel - Jul 24, 2023Good condition to the major washout at ~11.5km. Major washouts at 11.5 and beyond render it impassable beyond this point, we continued by mountain bik...
Steven Noel - Jul 24, 2023