The gate was wide open still since they seem to be done with those 3 latest cutblocks. Minor cross ditches installed and they get abit bigger as you near the red impasse logo. Good time to go for Deroche Mountain as the alder is covered sorta after the red impasse. The drainage are a huge pain to hike in and out of on the resloped road tho. Someone has flagged abit of the road and clipped abit of the alder
[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.
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.