Lillooet River FSR - "Upper Lillooet FSR"
Sea To Sky Natural Resource District
Distance
53.90 km
Last Road Report
May 23, 2025
Closures
No Posted Closures
Location
Lillooet River FSR
Permit Holder
District Manager Squamish (dsq)
Waypoints
Conditions
Start to 49.0 km
Good Condition
196d ago
49.0 to 53.9 km
Good Condition
564d ago
Notices
Frequent Road Closures
This road is susceptible to frequent closures due to rising water levels and landslide risk from the Mount Meager complex. See: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/natural-resource-use/resource-roads/local-road-safety-information/sea-to-sky/lillooet_landslide_hazard_web.pdf for more information.During winter months officials often close the road due to avalanche risks as well. Call: 604-898-2100 for gate status.
Road Closures - December 4th to 15th
Road closed at 8.7km (before the Hurley) from December 8th to 15th. Road closed at 10.4km (after the Hurley) from December 4th to 8th.Description
A hyrdo project resides at the end of this road as well as a pumice mine, indicating access should remain in relatively good shape for the future. However timing the gate is often tricky.
Road Bulletins
I called ahead to check that the gates were open and otherwise no problems. There’s a few wash board sections up to the Hurley turn off and the rest is in immaculate condition
Gate at 9km was open and road was in excellent condition at least as far as 40km
Drove Upper Lillooet until ~1km from Keyhole. Ran into snow at this point, drivable w/ a Jeep but slow going. Will be all melted out very soon. Grading going on near the beginning and roadside brush clearing being done near the Boulder creek hydro site. In very good condition
Dry conditions with lots of potholes until the Hurley turn off. Did not drive further.
New gate at around 17 km open . Otherwise cruise to 49 km in 2WD conditions. Note that somewhere around 40 km do not follow Gaia’s map but stick to the mainline.
[From Ray Mason] - road was repaired the day after. See: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10223789170508554&type=3
[From SouthChilton.ca] - the road is washed out at the 5km mark after the heavy flooding. This is before the Hurley River FSR turn off and so the Hurley is not accessible at the moment. Repair time is unknown, but there are hyrdo projects further up river so it will likely be repaired once the flooding subsides.
See: https://www.facebook.com/southchilcotin/posts/pfbid02RKRBh9BAReoZbBjgPEk9rXrRXzSk5PZg8yz8FnLFR6so1hnBMokytT4bCb3Y1GYQl
See: https://www.facebook.com/southchilcotin/posts/pfbid02RKRBh9BAReoZbBjgPEk9rXrRXzSk5PZg8yz8FnLFR6so1hnBMokytT4bCb3Y1GYQl
[From Laurent Schoenacker] - road was in good condition up to the north creek area at kilometer 17. However, on my way back I came across the gate to access the lower lillooet fsr at the hurley junction being locked! I was trapped! The sign said road closed due to flooding but i did not see any sign of flooding . Luckily some truck showed up and had the means to open the gate and get us both out.