Silver Skagit FSR - "Silver Skagit Road"
Chilliwack Natural Resource District
Distance
60.01 km
Last Road Report
May 04, 2025
Closures
No Posted Closures
Location
Not Specified
Permit Holder
Not Specified
Waypoints
Conditions
Start to 60.0 km
Good Condition
215d ago
Description
Silver Skagit Road runs from Hope all the way to the Canadian Border. It can be used to access Silver Lake Park and a number of summits including Silvertip Mountain, Grant Peak, Shawatum Mountain and more.
Road Bulletins
Same as below comment. It's in the best shape it will be all year right now since it just opened. Soon it will be full of potholes. Signs say they are still doing construction en route but we didn't see any machines anywhere.
Gate at 6 km open. Great condition. Can easily hit the posted 60 km/h speed limit, but gravel makes it slippery, so I probably averaged 40. A few bumpier sections required slowing down. None of the campgrounds are open, so you will have to park at the Chittenden Bridge parking lot and walk to Ross Lake Campground about 1.5 km. A few downed trees to drive around near the end. Also the gate marker should be right after the fork, not on top of 6 km before the fork.
I drove as far as the Eaton Lake trailhead or KM16.5. The first 3KM of this road is actually paved and probably the worst part of the road. Some serious crater sized potholes to watch out for. Once on the gravel its quite nice. The odd cluster of potholes and washboard you'd expect from a busy road. I dodged a few sharp rocks sticking out of the ground. Nothing on this road to stop a low clearance 2wd car. I was easily able to drive up to 60kph.
Gate at 6.1 km (at the fork) is open. Signage is still up showing construction, and closed, but gate is open. Road is very well groomed, but watch out for some slippery sections - Possibly some fresh gravel has been laid down in some spot, and thus is very soft and slushy feeling. Otherwise as of today, seems like its been recently graded. Aired down, and the whole ride was smoother than some paved roads in town, all the way to Ross Lake
Official opening was April 15th and we drove to the 45km mark to scout out access roads and trails for Mount Andrews. Excellent condition road for as far as we drove it. I"m sure it won't take long for the potholes to show up tho. They are logging right on the side of the road in 2 spots and had a closed sign up but we drove by without any issues.
[From Andrew Enns] - Went for a rip up Silver Skagit with a buddy of mine the other day who happens to work for Emil Anderson and has the key to the gate at Silver Lake. Drove almost all the way up. Silver Skagit is set to FINALLY fully re-open on April 15th. According to my buddy, who had actually gone up earlier this summer, the road was actually fully drivable by that point (August) and only had a modest amount of work still needing to be done. He figures that the province is simply slow walking the process of re-opening it. - The homeless camps along the start of Silver Skagit Road have gotten exponentially worse since I was last here six months ago. Stolen cars, garbage - Road is in excellent shape and has little to no potholes. The only potholes are ironically the section between the end - There is planned logging up Yola/Cantelon Creek FSR which will likely open up decent access to a few peaks in the area, so any peakbaggers in this group take note.