BW12-1
Sea To Sky Natural Resource District
Distance
5.19 km
Last Road Report
Jun 27, 2026
Closures
No Posted Closures
Location
BW12-1
Permit Holder
Western Forest Products Inc.
Waypoints
Distance
5.19 km
Avg. Gradient
0%
Ascent
0m
Descent
0m
Last Road Report
Jun 27, 2026
Closures
No Posted Closures
Location
BW12-1
Permit Holder
Western Forest Products Inc.
Waypoints
Conditions
Start to 5.2 km
Somewhat Degraded
6d ago
Description
No description.
Road Bulletins
Same conditions as reported earlier. Some spots are rough but with at least AWD, confidence, and picking good lines you can make it pretty far. A Nissan rogue made it to the final 1km
Same as usual. Crossover should do it. Bad approach angles may scrape a bit on the upper water bars. You'll want AWD. Nothing crazy tho. Snowline is (barely) above the upper parking
As per usual, crossovers or better to get up. Watch the water bars and probably have AWD at least and you'll be okay
Snow above 1000m starting to accumulate in the afternoon, couple cms there when we left. Small ruts lower down but nothing problematic yet. If the metal dome hordes show up, they may worsen 😅
Snow above 1000m starting to accumulate in the afternoon, couple cms there when we left. Small ruts lower down but nothing problematic yet. If the metal dome hordes show up, they may worsen 😅
Loose rocks and plenty of ruts on the steepish hills and multiple deep cross ditches on the last 1.5km to get to the parking lot but easily done in a stock mid-size truck.
No waterbars but moderate clearance and AWD needed as the hills are loose and rough with some good size rocks laying around.
road condition as previous years, high clearance 4wd recommended but i saw a RAV4 made to the last zigzag turn. Snow line around 1200m-1300m, parked at the last turn then walked to trailhead.
Some water bars that will make you want okay clearance/angles but my Jeep compass was fine, a Crosstrek also got up. Was snowy in the last 1km or so, but tire tracks were down to dirt
I'm sure by now it's a sled road but wanted to correct the 4x4 required state from the last update. Crossovers are still probably enough
I'm sure by now it's a sled road but wanted to correct the 4x4 required state from the last update. Crossovers are still probably enough
4WD will have no issue getting to end of the road. AWD should be fine with good driver - there was a Subaru outback at trailhead. Some steep, rocky sections & a few cross ditches near the end.
Drove to the end. No better or worse than last year. Need 4WD/AWD for the climb up and some decent clearance to get past the waterbars without scraping.
[From Hedy Xor] - drove through FSR and I was able to drive to 1100 m.With my 4wd. where the first snow patch started.
[From Mike Buda] - driveable up to the first switchback at 930m probably without chains. Above 1000m the snowpack on the road will be difficult driving. Skinnable starting at 800m but really only skiable heading down to about 1000m.
[From Marco Signifredi] - Nov 18, 2023 Metal Dome Snow starts around 1000m where most of the people parked their cars but I was able to drive up to 1100m. A 4runner and Tacoma with chains tried to go further but they couldn’t make it. After 1100m I saw only traces of snowmbile.
Wet melting snow on the road increasing with elevation. Lots of vehicles parked before the first big switchback (~930m elevation), we drove further up the hill until deciding to call it when there was enough snow on the road for skinning & a good parking/turnaround spot at ~1,000m elevation. Could have put on chains & driven higher but probably not worth the hassle. Few more vehicles parked from 1,000-1,050m, one RAV4 made it to almost 1,100m stopping just before the 2nd switchback. On our way down was surprised to see a Mazda CX50 had taken advantage of the melt & driven above 1,150m, impressive! Anyway, this road will be snowmobile territory for the winter soon, in recent summers I've driven to its end & to 1,400m on Metal Dome spur in a stock Suzuki XL7.
Rough for sure. Made it up in a 2011 Forester (manual -no lift). Didn’t scrape once. Pick your lines and have some good tires!
Trail to the upper parking lot is very steep and has some rough and loose rock sections. Roads seams worn out from not suitable vehicles. Last kms has many large cross ditches. 4x4 is recommended. 4Runner with 3“ lift had no problem. Got a nail in my tire on this road. Be aware.
The road to the upper lot is in especially rough shape. You will almost certainly need a high clearance 4x4 as there are some massive water bars and numerous loose road sections.