American Creek FSR
Chilliwack Natural Resource District
Distance
12.85 km
Last Road Report
May 22, 2026
Closures
No Posted Closures
Location
American Creek FSR
Permit Holder
Timber Sales Manager Chinook
Waypoints
Distance
12.85 km
Avg. Gradient
0%
Ascent
0m
Descent
0m
Last Road Report
May 22, 2026
Closures
No Posted Closures
Location
American Creek FSR
Permit Holder
Timber Sales Manager Chinook
Waypoints
Conditions
Start to 11.3 km
Good Condition
42d ago
11.3 to 12.9 km
Impassable
138d ago
Description
No description.
Road Bulletins
The huge rockslide is cleared, the road is kinda soft gravel with channels but easily drive able. I didn't go more than 2km past today but other reports say they've driven the whole loop from garnet.
Good condition to previous 3.5 km rockfall. Debris cleared and in ok condition. 5.5 km washout repaired. There's another longer washout at 7.5 km. I was able to bypass the first half on the right, but if you can't drive straight thru it, you won't make it out the 2nd half. I turned around.
There is currently a gigantic rock slide at the road shortly after the AM1500 junction that is impassable. I can't imagine it will be there too long given there are power lines and potentially active logging beyond, so hopefully this will be fixed up shortly. The culvert further along will take some confident driving but I think is still passable for now.
Snow started around maybe 450m? Where I changed to somewhat degraded (I think it was around there), a culvert was partially washed out, requiring good approach+departure to clear it. Stopped due to snow at the point where I change to unknown. Crusty but sugary below that crust
Large culvert washout around 4 or 5 km mark. Passable on foot, possibly ATV, but not in a vehicle.
From start to 10km mark is an easy trip for any 4WD suv. But after 10km the snow on the ground is very deep and it is very difficult for a car without proper snow tires to drive on to the hill. We made it to the 11.5km and have to turn back because of the snow and icy road condition
Road was in good condition up to 10 km. Some loose gravel and steep road, but my Ford Ranger made it in 2WD mode.
Same conditions as previously reported! No snow to speak of
Drove up it 8km and turned off. Great condition, bridges are looking good, no washouts in the road. No complaints. Requires 4x4. Steep inclines/declines with loose rock and gravel.
Decent conditions to around 8km. No snow on the road (March 30, 2025). Some mud, rocks, potholes, and ruts that could be challenging for a 2wd, but nothing an SUV/AWD cannot handle.
According to the Chilliwack Natural Resource District: Road closed at 0.0 km for extensive road repairs from November 13th to 29th, 2024. See: https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/ftp/DCK/external/!publish/ENGINEERING/NOTICES/Road%20Closures/American%20FSR%20Closure.pdf
Drove the first 9km only. Any SUV should be easily capable of making it this far at least, you could proably even get a Prius up, no waterbars & roadbed is not rocky at all. Could be some muddy spots after rain though. There was a not-very-deep snowpatch at 9km but road was flat & people were driving through. I left this FSR here & headed up an old spur.
quite muddy once you get up the first hill. very wet. decent amount of snow in shaded areas. Made it to roughly 12.9K from the highway before we got into some 8 in. deep snow (with ruts) but did not want to continue as I was solo today. went up at around 11am and temp was roughly 4* and sunny
[From Heather Julianne] - I can’t remember which mile marker we made it up to, but the road conditions up to that point were quite good! There’s active logging and slash burning going on, so there was some traffic coming down when we were on our way up, so be conscious of that - no traffic at all on our way down. We did go a good ways up to the left of where the work camp down to the right with the gate is which is where you started to see more snow. There’s some spots where it’s sludgey/muddy and then a very distinct snow line that you hit. We stopped where there was a big downed tree to the right bordering the road and a bit of a shoulder with a drop off. Not sure what the heavy rain from yesterday might have changed and things look snowy up at some altitude now today.
See: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4wdabc/permalink/10159983721891009/
See: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4wdabc/permalink/10159983721891009/