Soo River Branch 5
Sea To Sky Natural Resource District
Distance
6.53 km
Last Road Report
Sep 06, 2025
Closures
No Posted Closures
Location
Soo River Branch 5
Permit Holder
Richmond Plywood Corporation Limited
Waypoints
Conditions
Start to 6.5 km
Somewhat Degraded
90d 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
No description.
Road Bulletins
Road closed from Soo Main for wildfire fighting operations.
Road passable again as of September 14.
Road passable again as of September 14.
The worst water bar is prob the 2nd one after the first switchback around 0.75 km. Scraped my skid plate going up. A lot easier to see and pick a line coming back down and had no issues in my Pilot. Water bars are mostly at the lower levels. Made it to the end.
4WD or high SUV required due to about a dozen water bars. Nothing extreme, but wouldn't clear it in a 2WD car. Also some loose, steep switchbacks, that require 4WD.
Beautiful views the whole way up, and there are camping spots on every spur!
Beautiful views the whole way up, and there are camping spots on every spur!
5-10cm of snow on road at turn-off from Soo mainline, increasing with elevation. Two Tacomas with chains made it up to about 850m. Managed to ski out almost all the way back to the mainline.
Similar to previous post. Water bars are all fairly mellow for a vehicle with some clearance (Subaru outback or similar). Reached 1150m on Nov 15 and skied from there.
Road is in good condition, steep in places and has lots of drainage ditches. AWD or better recommended. A 2wd could make it but make sure you have a bit of clearance for the drainage ditches.
A logging crew had plowed the road up to the 2km mark for their heli operation. The road beyond had around 20-30cm of snow. With chains you may be able to drive to the end as the snow was quite airy
Steep all the way and loose at places necessitates 4wd or good power. Drove to 1170m elevation and parked as snow got too deep for my like.
[From Tareef Dedhar] - Road was icier than Wednesday, stopped at 1150m due to traction loss, even with chains on my front tires. Probably could've made it if I also aired down but it wasn't worth the time hassle. Road hike was trivial, we followed a combination of my old ski tracks and some snowshoe tracks that deviated slightly from them to the 1600m lake, where tracks ended.
[From Tara VH] - 4WD (no water bars, just rough gravel. My rav made it up to the TH no problem)