Spetch Creek FSR
Sea To Sky Natural Resource District
Road Details
| Location | SPETCH CREEK |
|---|---|
| Length | 7.20km |
| Condition |
| 0.0km to 4.1 km | Somewhat Degraded 32d ago |
| 4.1 km to 6.3 km | Heavily Degraded 32d ago |
| 6.3 km to 6.4 km | Heavily Degraded 34d ago |
| 6.4 km to 7.2 km | Somewhat Degraded 288d ago |
| Owner | District Manager Squamish (dsq) |
|---|---|
| Closures | No Posted Closures |
| Waypoints | Download GPX |
Road Description
No description.
Road Bulletins
I disagree with the below comment about how a stock tacoma couldn't make it up the first washout without lockers. My stock 94 toyota pickup with 31 inch tires ( 1 inch bigger than stock) made it up. First line was bad and tires ended up in the air, next line 4low and better line was no problem. Next a toyota 4runner stock made it. The next washout higher up with just creek bed ruts much easier.
Deep-ish washout at about 5.5km up towards Valentine Lake. Looks like another heavy rain washout, straightforward, about 2 feet deep, just steep and loose on the uphill side. I spent about 10 min messing around with rocks but in the end my stock Tacoma without a locking diff just kept spinning tires so I retreated. Saw a fresh length of drain piping and an excavator further down the road, maybe it's slated for repair? In either case as it sits now, you need a high clearance 4wd to pass.
This road was worse than I thought it would be, and whether you consider it heavily degraded or somewhat degraded is likely personal opinion based on your experience and level of caution. I wouldn't take an SUV to the roads end myself, there are two aggressive, deep washouts that most SUV's will struggle with, and the average driver will probably stop at.
I used 4Low on the second one, more so because I could rather than absolutely needing to. Coming back down, my Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk was very close to bottoming.
I was very close to classing this as "Heavily Degraded", but it seems some people do get SUV's up here, in which case it can't be 4x4 only.
I used 4Low on the second one, more so because I could rather than absolutely needing to. Coming back down, my Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk was very close to bottoming.
I was very close to classing this as "Heavily Degraded", but it seems some people do get SUV's up here, in which case it can't be 4x4 only.
2 notable washouts, first at ~4.5 km and 2nd maybe another km past. If you can make it past the first one you can probably make it past the second as well. Upper end of yellow, passable in SUV with some aggressive driving
Several deep water bars and washed out sections. Drove to trailhead in lifted 4Runner
[From Anton Gerasimov] - The turn to Spetch Creek FSR from Pemberton Portage Rd is at 50.421587, -122.698379 The FSR is in perfect shape now being recently graded. There are a few shallow waterbars but nothing major.
