Follow-up from previous bulletin regarding down trees starting around 4km.

Drove up to about 5.7 km where some snowmobilers parked their trucks. No vehicle tracks past this point. Walked to the viewpoint around 6.1 km.

Lots of down trees up to about 5.7km - it looks like there may have been a slide taking out lots of trees. Someone has since cut a path through the down trees up to about 5.7 km but you'll need a high clearance 4x4 as you still need to drive over small, down trees.

Drove all the way up to the top in a Subaru Forrester with a 1 inch lift. The usual rock garden areas are still present and have degraded compared to last years fall conditions prior to the ski season. Had to pick my line a few times, but slow and steady got us through. Definitely used the skid plates on the way down with some of the dips and rocks.

Was able to drive to 850m, consistent snow started from there. Relevant for skiers, there was one larger bare patch around 930m.

Drove all the way to the top (1300m) in a stock 4runner didn't use 4-low until the last few switch backs. Great views of Pyroclastic Peak.

Changing this road to yellow or "Somewhat Degraded" as green "good condition" is not appropriate. I would not attempt this road without a high clearance 4WD.

Clear all the way up to the look out at 750-800m. Just a few patches of snow just before that, but the snow had previously been driven over before we got there. its a bit slick since its soft from being in the sun, but easily passable.
Thanks to all those that cleared the trail up to the look out. You can easily tell the areas with trees that were fallen across the trail on the way up.

Snow level starts at around 800m. I didn't drive up this way but could see from our route.

[From Fernando Lessa] - Could drive my high Clarence car up to 700m ( not the best rd, but doable). Snow level is at around 1000m. Was raining hard ( forecast was calling for rain up to 1500m!).

Snow started around 400m, and we were able to drive up to ~650m with chains on.

During winter this is a sled-access area, but before/after it is snow-covered the road is driveable. We used for early season ski touring in 2022. 1-2km from the bottom there was a big group stuck at a bunch of downed trees. Helped cut the trees with chainsaw, the group hand-sawed and a guy with a full-size truck pulled the cut trees off the road with a strap. Everyone worked together to eventually get the road clear. Chains on here as we were on continuous snow by now, we were able to drive through snow all the way to 1,100m (3x Tacomas, 4Runner, GX450/Landcruiser and Nissan Frontier). Road likely driveable higher in summer without snow.