Lawless-Britton FSR

Cascades Natural Resource District
Road Details
Location LAWLESS CREEK
Condition Impassable (Last updated 103d)
Condition Details Road is impassable or requires highly specialized vehicles to drive
Closures No Posted Closures
Length 16.06km
Owner District Manager Cascades (dcs)
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Road Description

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Road Bulletins
Kris Pohl reported on: Jun 08, 2024
Washout. It's not undercut, but it goes all the way down to the river.
No thru sign.
I am suggesting impassible (as in, no way through to Tulameen) because of the following:

1- blocked at 2.9km
2- atv trail style bypass past Murphy lakes, puts you at about 8.5km on Lawless-Britton (very steep, lots of loose rocks, be very sure that you're comfortable getting down if you go up)
2- small (1/4 road?) washout between there and the bridge at 12.25km, my waypoint didn't save
3- the bridge at 12.25km has large blocks on the Tulameen side that someone has moved but could be put back in place
4- pretty significant crumbly washout at 15.5km - good enough for a Jeep size vehicle now, but I expect a significant rain could take it out (pictured)
5- blocks at lawless creek fsr and a no thru road sign

From that point the road is great going into Tulameen. I wouldn't recommend testing the washouts or going in with the goal of getting to Tulameen without the knowledge that you might be forced to turn around. But YMMV.
SWBC Peak Baggers reported on: Sep 26, 2023
[From UntrammelledTravels] - less maintained than Tulameen but still in excellent condition. However, road is blocked at ~2.9km mark. See: https://www.untrammelledtravels.ca/murphy-lakes-and-grasshopper-ridge-tulameen-and-lawless-grasshopper-fsr-s
Tim K reported on: Sep 15, 2023
Closure at 2.9km.
Closure around 7.5km looking back at the wider washout.
Strictly speaking this road is impassable due to washouts and the concrete barricades at 2.9 and ~7.5km. Between these barricades are a handful of small washouts around 1/4 - 1/2 road width and a narrow one that stretches across the whole road leaving only a narrow bench on the uphill side for passage.
2 wheels can get you through all this, but for 4 wheels, there's a steep bypass thought the Murphy Lakes RPL 44 cutblock, just east of the Murphy Lakes, that rejoins the main FSR just past the barricade at 7.5km.