Williamson Lake FSR
Chilliwack Natural Resource District
Road Details
Location | TAMIHI CR., NW.D & YALE L.D. |
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Length | 4.50km |
Condition |
0.0km to 4.5 km | Heavily Degraded 4d ago |
Owner | Western Canadian Timber Products Ltd. |
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Award Date | Sep 07, 1993 |
Retirement Date | Sep 06, 1998 |
Closures | No Posted Closures |
Waypoints | Download GPX |
Road Description
No description.
Road Bulletins
Mostly the same condition as Seans report, just covered in a layer of snow. Snow coverage was thin on the road due to tree cover as well as water running down the road. (If it gets well below freezing for a few days I would expect this road to be an ice rink.) After approximately KM 2 there was less water and the snow started to build up. We were able to make it up to the trailhead, but the final crux in Seans report was particularly difficult. Roughly 40CM of snow at the trailhead. The cross ditch at 49.13290° N, 121.57390° W has definitely become deeper since I was last up here. Scraped the hitch really good on the way up and had to fill in part of the ditch on the way down to get across.
Not as bad as I expected, no major issues reaching Williamson Lake trailhead. I stopped to assess my line twice, once around ~850m where there was a large pointy rock in the middle of the road at a waterbar & again somewhere higher up (around 1,000m maybe?). No damage taken, didn't bottom out at any point. Still, this road is steep, rocky & narrow, no AWDs need apply, HC4x4 only. Alders were not that bad at all so don't know if someone has done some trimming? Ford Mountain FSR alders were 10x worse for reference.
Not a ton to add on top of Anton's nice report. The road is quite rough with TONS of alder. It is seriously bad, I really think this road will be lost in just a few years without maintenance. I tried to drive to the sides an run over some alder but it is so healthy it just springs back up. Seriously looking into a brush cutter and doing some work. On the road side of things I found it quite steep and rough leaving it in 4L and 1st gear at just putted the whole way up. Washout at ~800m which Francis describes could definitely stop people that need to drive their vehicle to work the next day. Past 2.5km I hope you painted your vehicle with a rattle can like I did because the alder gets real scratchy. Nice parking up top with room for 4-5 vehicles.
The road hasn't deteriorated since the last update in 2022, but it remains in very poor condition. A high-clearance 4x4 vehicle is essential to reach the Williamson Lake trailhead. We managed to make it to the end in a Tacoma without issues, though the pinstriping was severe. Had to exit the vehicle several times to assess the best route across water bars and large rocks in the road.
I found the road was in rough shape with a few very deep and narrow cross ditches that were impossible to avoid scraping on. Higher up I had to park after nearly getting high centered in my Tacoma at around 800m. Two vehicles did make it to the trail head though, so it's likely that more skilled drivers can make it the whole way.