Hanson Creek FSR
Chilliwack Natural Resource District
Road Details
| Location | Norris Creek RP |
|---|---|
| Condition | Somewhat Degraded (Last updated 262d) |
| Condition Details | Road has rough spots, water bars or moderate washouts and may require high-clearance 4WD |
| Closures | No Posted Closures |
| Length | 4.41km |
| Owner | Teal Cedar Products Ltd. |
| Award Date | Aug 29, 2006 |
| Waypoints | Download GPX |
Road Description
No description.
Road Bulletins
The road was covered with snow. We had to park at the open gate at the beginning of the road. Our Tacoma without snow chains couldn't make it much further. A 4x4 with high clearance and aggressive snow tires and/or chains can drive up to 700 m elevation.
[From Tiger Lu] - This part is rough and a 4x4 with a high clearance is required. We parked our jeep at 700 meters elevation, but we could drive higher to 750 meters elevation, where a big log is across the road.
Drove to 650m elevation in a Ford Escape. We could've passed a couple of the ditches after that, but road narrowed and there weren't many places to park. The big deactivation mentioned below is still there as well. Someone has cut and flagged a trail through the alders until 49.23526, -122.08124.
Closed but unlocked gate at 0KM, Hanson Creek FSR is much steeper than Norrish but still well graded for the first ~1km at least. After pasing a recent looking cutblock the road was in rougher shape, narrower with some large waterbars. I did manage to take the first 3-4 of them pretty much head-on (Nissan Frontier 2" lift), but then came to a moderately steep ~50m long snow covered stretch with a water bar in the middle. I scouted ahead and could see that there was a lot more snow, no point in getting out chains, time to park - I was at elevation 700m. 500m from where I parked there is a waterbar/deactivation that is likely to stop almost any vehicle and shortly after that the road is covered in alders anyway. Over the next 1.5km there are approx. 6-8 creek crossings & massive ditches, ranging in difficulty from "easy walk across on a slightly sketchy snow bridge" to "climb down a 10' bank and then chop steps on the other side to swim back up.
