Road Bulletins

Gate is open as of Aug 15th, 4x4 with good clearance recommended. A few washouts but nothing impassable.

Nic Friesen - Aug 15, 2024

4x4 with high clearance recommended. ATV access is excellent, full size trucks will have a hard time and kiss your paint good bye. Mid sized trucks ha...

Nic Friesen - Aug 30, 2024

4x4 with High clearance recommended. Deep potholes and a rough 55 degree incline on loose rocky soil. Bridge in excellent condition

Nic Friesen - Aug 01, 2024

[From Ian W] - drove in a VW sedan without issue. Some snow on the road, but otherwise good condition.

See: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/buKxN3...

SWBC Peak Baggers - Aug 29, 2024
J-1000
600d

[From Matt J] - First 500m gain is easy bushwacking for 350m then 150m of nice open subalpine.

SWBC Peak Baggers - Aug 26, 2024

[From Matt J] - no reported issues up to the 7km mark. Rating is a guess. See: https://peakbagger.com/climber/ascent.aspx?aid=2622255

SWBC Peak Baggers - Aug 26, 2024

[Matt J] - drove the end to access Mount Neptune. No reported issues, so road condition is a guess. See: https://peakbagger.com/climber/ascent.aspx?ai...

SWBC Peak Baggers - Aug 27, 2024

Gated at the parking lot however, was open at the time. Great spot to stop if you’re traveling along the highway with views are far as the eye can see...

Heath Anderson - May 22, 2022

[From Alex D] - It’s great. There is only 1-2km at most where it’s steep and rocky/rivulets, but the rest is easy peasy. I know people who have gone u...

SWBC Peak Baggers - Aug 25, 2024
X ROAD 17
601d

road in good shape. Good Quad track at northern end leads west and links thru to Hydraulic Road, passable with high clearance 4x4 or two wheels

Neil Hodgson - Aug 23, 2024

[From Cody P] - I drive this rd every weekend in my E350 plumbing van... I have a project going up there... please take a radio and call out KM up and...

SWBC Peak Baggers - Aug 25, 2024

Only update from Francis post is that I went in and cut a bunch of alder to avoid the bushwhack described above. Still not perfect enough to bike thro...

Russell Coffin - May 11, 2024
BL-1000
603d

Road surface isn't bad, but road is getting overgrown with alder. Managed to get through to Erickson Lake, but not without adding some scratches to th...

Sven Freitag - Aug 25, 2024
BLWT 7000
603d

Some of the puddles along the road are a fairly deep and muddy.

Sven Freitag - Aug 25, 2024

This road has significantly become worse since the time of Seans report. The alder has grown in over the road a lot and the road would be a slow drive...

Heath Anderson - Aug 26, 2024

[From Sandra B] - MEADOW Mountain was awesome what a sporty last 5 km before entering an incredible high alpine rec site. Equipped.with pic nic tables...

SWBC Peak Baggers - Aug 25, 2024
WOODBURY
604d

[From Kristen B] - I just came back from Woodbury on Friday. The road was in great shape with a couple of deeper water bars. You should be good with a...

SWBC Peak Baggers - Aug 23, 2024

[From Noah G] - yea id say the hardest part about the road would be the rocks. If you keep a lookout and dodge the sharp ones and large ones you shoul...

SWBC Peak Baggers - Aug 25, 2024

Paved to Cascade lookout, extremely smooth dirt after that to the top (which is over 2,000m!) - fine for any vehicle. There was an open gate above Cas...

Sean Caulfield - Aug 26, 2024

Easy driving albeit lots of pot holes

Francis Bailey - Aug 23, 2024
NW-2000
605d

This is more of a skidder road than a driving one. Bridge is out anyways so you won’t be able to drive it but it’s easy walking

Francis Bailey - Aug 25, 2024

Road is good condition but note that it does have many water bars that would likely block a vehicle with low clearance

Ryan Lynne - Aug 17, 2024

Road looks to now be reopen based on the new area restrictions, if anyone has driven it please confirm. Note that area restrictions can be seen on htt...

Ryan Lynne - Aug 23, 2024

[From Gerald W] - reported that the road deactivation work is underway and the road is at least temporarily closed. No posted end date. See: https://w...

SWBC Peak Baggers - Aug 23, 2024

[From Raphael S] - new bridge over prospect creek. After which there are two size-able washouts. The first passable with an suv: 50.03246, -121.15389 ...

SWBC Peak Baggers - Aug 22, 2024

[From Raphael S] - it was a highway, I was hitting 70km/h up to the Prospect Creek crossing at the 22.5km mark

SWBC Peak Baggers - Aug 22, 2024

Road is closed due to wild fires until Sept 30 12:00 PDT

Ryan Lynne - Aug 21, 2024
Ash Main
609d

In great shape. Possibly even paved. Don't recall for sure.
Took this to Stirling to Gracie to Nahmint to Kiltsa trailhead.
All in great shape with ...

Kelly Wilson - Jul 31, 2024

In great shape. Not gated.

Kelly Wilson - Jul 31, 2024

In great shape. Not gated midweek.

Kelly Wilson - Jul 31, 2024