Road Bulletins

[From ISurvivedTheHurley] - The road is expected to be open before May long as avalanche techs have approved snow removal operations along the road wa...

SWBC Peak Baggers - May 08, 2024

[From Colin G] - road is snow free and not too challenging for a jeep. See: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4wdabc/permalink/10160109249296009/

SWBC Peak Baggers - May 05, 2024

[From Damian L] - Gate is currently closed for logging operations

SWBC Peak Baggers - May 07, 2024

Road was in ok shape to the very sketchy bridge at 14 km. There were make shift 2x4's and planks that folks had brought up to patch up the rotted brid...

Greg Jones - Oct 01, 2021
NORTH FORK
715d

Good shape to Monica FSR at ~2 km

Greg Jones - Aug 04, 2020

[From Aednik Klay] - Road is snow free and driveable to the end. ATV recommended for last few kilometers as the road is narrow and degraded at this se...

SWBC Peak Baggers - May 06, 2024

Drove this road to the big switchback at 13 km. Was a bit rough after it leaves the Wallinger FSR jct.

Greg Jones - Jul 19, 2022

Road is rough and bumpy up to the lookout trail

Greg Jones - Oct 09, 2023
White Ram
716d

Road is driveable to the Marmalade FSR at ~10 km. No motorized traffic allowed beyond.

Greg Jones - Oct 16, 2023

Drove this road to the outfitters camp at 25 km. Road becomes very rough after that

Greg Jones - Oct 04, 2021

Road was in decent shape to the end, and the start of the Bear Lake Trail

Greg Jones - Jul 30, 2022

The road has some pretty deep waterbars that may not be suitable in an SUV. Drove to 1200m without hitting any snow. There is a large rock in the midd...

Caro Coco - May 03, 2024

Still a bit of snow in the staging area, some slushy, icey snow patches in the shaded areas of road. Went to 2km mark but didn't want to get stuck wit...

Desiree Pretty - May 03, 2024
BR6077
716d

Good condition for any vehicle to access Silvertip/ Rideout

Christopher Jamieson - May 04, 2024

Seems to be actively maintained and may have active logging going on. This road originally appears to connect to Pennask Lake Road but that has a wash...

Paul Lezica - May 06, 2024

Only managed to drive to 1170m before hitting a decent snowline, I don't mess around with snow cause it's super slushy this time of year but some ha...

Alan Blair - May 02, 2024
SOWERBY
717d

There are 2 large boulders that have been placed across the road at approximately 1km. ATV and dirt bikes only beyond, road is heavily degraded in sec...

Christopher Jamieson - May 05, 2024
BRSL100
717d

Road is washed out almost immediately after turning off of Sowerby Main. Dirt bike and ATV access only

Christopher Jamieson - May 05, 2024
N2300
717d

Road is heavily overgrown, but passable with sufficient snow cover on skies or snowshoes

Francis Bailey - Mar 18, 2023

[From Andrew Ens] - He was able to drive within 1.6 KM of the end of the driveable portion of Branch 2510. Driving in a Toyota RAV4. Was stopped by ...

SWBC Peak Baggers - May 05, 2024

[From Andrew Ens] - Trees are now removed thanks to Andrew. He drove as far as Branch 2510

SWBC Peak Baggers - May 05, 2024
RUT36-1
717d

[From Maria Masiar] - The spur road is also fully drivable up to 1150m but does require 4x4

SWBC Peak Baggers - May 02, 2024

[From Maria Masiar] - The Rutherford road is snow free to 17km. There are snow patches here and there in shaded areas but you can drive past them easi...

SWBC Peak Baggers - May 02, 2024

Easy 2wd condition, there's one small creek flowing across the road eroding it which could become a problem for vehicles lacking clearance but okay fo...

Sean Caulfield - May 04, 2024

Gate at 2km is locked, nowhere to park or turn around but small pullout for 2 vehicles 150m back. Plenty of space to get a bike through, there is a ma...

Sean Caulfield - May 04, 2024

Active logging up this spur, although nothing happening today (Saturday). Road is graded smooth

Sean Caulfield - May 04, 2024

Used the first ~900m of this road on an ascent of Mount McNair. Washout right at the start but roadbed was okay for ~900m after that before the road a...

Sean Caulfield - May 04, 2024
BC1600
718d

Looks driveable, but doesn't really go anywhere.

Sean Caulfield - May 04, 2024

Hasn't seen industrial use in several years but still looks like it might be driveable for a bit at least (if you get past the gate at KM2 on Bear Cre...

Sean Caulfield - May 04, 2024

Attaching a pic of the start of the road - narrow but roadbed looks okay, not totally overgrown.

Sean Caulfield - May 04, 2024