Squamish River Branch 200 - "High Falls Creek FSR"
Sea To Sky Natural Resource District
Distance
14.50 km
Last Road Report
Nov 08, 2025
Closures
No Posted Closures
Location
Squamish River Branch 200
Permit Holder
Northwest Squamish Forestry Ltd.
Waypoints
Conditions
Start to 1.6 km
Somewhat Degraded
116d ago
1.6 to 3.1 km
Somewhat Degraded
165d ago
3.1 to 9.1 km
Somewhat Degraded
362d ago
9.1 to 14.5 km
Heavily Degraded
486d ago
Notices
Land Act - Restricted Access Zone
This road may be affected by a motor vehicle prohibition zone from December 1 to May 31.Consult the regulations map for exemptions and further details: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/natural-resource-use/land-water-use/crown-land/notice_of_permission_rescission.pdf.
Description
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Road Bulletins
I didn't drive this road, but just reporting that the snow line starts at ~14km or ~1030m on this side. We could see from across the valley pretty clearly.
Branch 200 is in the worst shape I've seen it in 20 years. It's very rocky and has badly eroded holes around 150 m and 350 m elevation. Most cars were not getting through and just churning up the roadbed. Also, there is a washout just before the High Falls Creek bridge, which requires driving into the creekbed. All of these cruxes are passible in a good 4x4 with high clearance, but it's slow going unless you have off-road suspension. It took me much longer to get to the Cloudburst TH than I was expecting due to the Branch 200 road condition.
Loose and chewed up, but no problem for high clearance 4x4. Some new boulders (since last year) on the road, but all passable.
We aired down a bit as we’ve punctured a tire on this road before.
Washout of culverts around 7km, but a pass around this has been created and was not a problem with high clearance.
On route to Cloudburst, drove to 1050m. Could have gone to the end of the road, but it got significantly bushier. There is a large washout that we walked past around 1080m - half the bridge is gone and what remains is probably questionable to bring a car across.
We aired down a bit as we’ve punctured a tire on this road before.
Washout of culverts around 7km, but a pass around this has been created and was not a problem with high clearance.
On route to Cloudburst, drove to 1050m. Could have gone to the end of the road, but it got significantly bushier. There is a large washout that we walked past around 1080m - half the bridge is gone and what remains is probably questionable to bring a car across.
A short section at around 1-1.5km will likely stop all non high clearance 4wd. Several vehicles parked just before this section.
Unpassable snow patch from 7.5km or 680m elevation then it's mostly dry with some patches of snow. Consistent snow starts from 850m.
Washout is passable by Mazda mx-5
Washout is passable by Mazda mx-5
[From Dane W] - we went from Squamish valley. Chains on at 5km. Parked at 7km at the bridge. Coverage great in the forest and on the road on the way down, but icy AF so made for a very miserable ski out in the sled track.
Was able to drive to ~9km in a Subaru before being stopped by icy conditions. Putting chains on likely would've gotten you closer to 10km.
The big washout at 7km looked intimidating, but was no problem to navigate in a Forester.
The big washout at 7km looked intimidating, but was no problem to navigate in a Forester.
[Matthew S.] - washout at 7km is style bypassable with a high clearance vehicle
Impasse at 7km (Kai Zhang reported on: May 11, 2024) can be easily avoided by driving around it. I suspect some effort was put in to improve it. We missed the Tricouni turnoff to BR-250 and ended up doing the bypass around it twice. Stock 4runner had zero issues. If you made it up this far you will not have any issues with this impasse.
Road up to the TFL 240 fork is AWD medium clearance. couple smaller washouts and water bars, and a bit rocky, so pay attention to your tires
Washout described by previous poster at 49.96247, -123.25983 has heavily degraded and is now impassible with a direct attack. We did some road work and bypassed on the left (heading uphill) with a stock 4Runner, tricky driving and bottoming out in places. Road after washout was drivable to current snowline at 1.1km elevation.
Manageable for AWD with reasonable clearance. Vigilant driving required for first 3.5km with a couple steeper sections with ruts in the road. Manageable water bar at ~6.5km. Large water bar at 7km where we stopped. Road is in good condition afterward with a couple 4WD vehicles reaching around 10km on Branch 270.
Used Branch 200 to access Cloudburst. Road is is pretty good shape until a washout at about 6.5km where we parked. Road after this washout right to the trailhead is totally driveable if you’re able to get over the washout. We saw some trucks going up but we didn’t have the balls :)