Large waterbars. 4WD medium/high clearance needed (manageable with Subaru Forester). Some areas of loose rock
Hh Crerar - Aug 09, 2024Road is rough but passable to subarus up to Zum Peak rec site but is growing in with mandatory pin stripes up to Zum Peak rec site, extreme pin stripe...
Aa Aa - Aug 03, 2024The road is easily driveable to upper highballer. Past that, there is a tricky lefthand (going up) corner, and the road is loose and steep. Most AWD c...
Matt Robinson - Aug 04, 2024Road is a little loose and Sandy but easily driven to the parking lot for Smallwood trails. A couple corners have very deep ruts, I had to drive aroun...
Matt Robinson - Aug 08, 2024If you were able to limp a HC 4x4 up the Howell FSR, you may as well drive this road for ~1.5 km to the creek crossing. The culvert is still sitting t...
Greg Jones - Aug 03, 2024Gated at Blackwater Road, seems okay to travel by bicycle. Eastern half after summit subject to weather
Neil Hodgson - Aug 08, 2024August 6 notice from Village of McBride says that the bridge at 2.1km is 0 load rated. No date known on when this might be addressed
Erik Jensen - Aug 06, 2024Near to 80 heavy waterbars have been added recently from approximately 1k onward to the impasse. Some of the deeper water bars were challenging in a l...
Joe McKeen - Aug 05, 2024Impasse has been filled, easily made it through with a stock 4runner and some momentum. Pin stripping gets bad near the top, if you care about this st...
Ryan Lynne - Aug 06, 2024The road is good to the Chain lakes trailhead. It is very steep in places so 4wd should be used. There are some new waterbars since last September so ...
Martin Ortmayr - Aug 03, 20242 notable washouts, first at ~4.5 km and 2nd maybe another km past. If you can make it past the first one you can probably make it past the second as ...
Alex Barth - Aug 03, 20244WD will have no issue getting to end of the road. AWD should be fine with good driver - there was a Subaru outback at trailhead. Some steep, rocky se...
Amber Gilmore - Aug 02, 2024[From Matt J] - Easy and smooth 4x4 to trailhead. Any seasoned mountain access driver could make it up here with 2wd. But 4x4 is nice as there are som...
SWBC Peak Baggers - Jul 30, 2024Drove 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.
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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.
Ryan Lynne - Jul 28, 2024Medium sized water bars, lots of small plants growing in the centre. no real pinstriping though, and nothing most crossovers can't handle. road goes b...
Tareef Dedhar - Jul 28, 2024Good expect for moderate water bars, some of which are off-angle meaning one might lift a tire, and one or two of which are slightly washed out, but s...
Tareef Dedhar - Jul 28, 2024Road 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 b...
Mike Barrass - Jul 26, 2024Good shape to the end that is plotted here (~11 km). after that all bridges, including the first one over the Carbondale River are OHV width
Greg Jones - Jul 29, 2024