The Hurley has been pretty rough lately with no grading since the snow was removed. Last week MOF graded their section on the Gold Bridge side and this week Interior Roads have started work on their section of road. Only a short section has been graded and the grader was parked and didn’t move yesterday. …
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East Hurley Washout
The East Hurley experienced a washout sometime on Saturday night and the road remains closed. This is at the first culvert approx 3km after the split on the main Hurley. Local Area A Director Debbie Demare has made the Ministry Of Transportation aware of the washout. However, she notified them three times about the avalanche…
June 16 East Hurley Update
The avalanche debris is 4.6 kms from the steel bridge and 8.8 kms from Bralorne. It is approximately 100 ft long and right now the debris is piled up between 10-20 ft for most of that length. The debris field contains a fair amount of snow at the bottom, large boulders, large trees, mud and…
June14 Update
From the Pemberton side up to approx 2 kms towards the summit past the Tenquille Lake branch has not been graded for some time and the road bed is full of large and larger rocks sticking up. One needs to be cautious on this section. The Hurley River is running hard and is at road…
Photo Contest Winner!
Thanks to everyone who sent in photos of opening weekend on the Hurley! The winning photo’s were of something you don’t often see walking down the road…… a beaver! Congratulations to Matt Smith for winning a “I Survived The Hurley” T-Shirt and sticker. Thanks for sharing these photos with us Matt! We are still looking…
East Hurley
A lot of people have been asking if the East Hurley Road to Bralorne is open. These images should answer that question! No it’s not open! A huge avalanche came down this spring, bringing a lot of forest debris down with it. Until this debris is cleared off the road, the East Hurley will remain…
Opening Weekend!
The Hurley is in great shape! The top 5km at the summit is still muddy/snowy/rough and the rest of the road has been graded. The switchbacks on the Pemberton side are in good condition too, as good as they get! The East Hurley is still closed due to the large pile of avalance debris covering…
Hurley is Open Today!
Interior Roads were able to finish clearing the Hurley a day earlier than expected and it’s open today! Yaaaay! 2wd not recommended. We are looking for some awesome opening weekend Hurley photos! The best photo entries will win a Hurley T-Shirt. Send your photos to info@bridgerivervalley.ca to enter the contest by early next week! We…
Hurley Opening Friday!
HURLEY IS OPEN Thursday May 31! We just received word from Interior Roads that they have almost completed clearing snow from the summit of the Hurley! The road should be open for Friday, just in time for the weekend!! Another update will be made when it’s officially open. If you are coming over on Friday…
Snow Clearing Update Continued….
The crew is still working on clearing the snow at the summit but progress slowed right down after the bigger D8 working the Pemberton side broke down. Talking with the workers yesterday, they still have about 2.5 km to go. At the rate they have been moving it could take another 5 days to…
Snow clearing update
MOF has finished clearing the avalanche debris and grading and brushing of their section will be finished by the end of the week. Interior Roads are back at work plowing the summit after getting avalanche clearance from the technicians today. They have two cats working in 12 feet of snow. They are approaching the summit…
Hurley Update
Interior Roads crews were working at both ends with dozers this week but unfortunately one broke down so that has caused a bit of a delay, a dozer is still working from the Pemberton side. Forestry had finished clearing up the winter avalance debris last week and are working on brushing and grading their section…
Hurley Contest and Update
I SURVIVED THE HURLEY CONTEST – CONTEST CLOSED FOR GUESSING! Guess the day the Hurley will be open to vehicle traffic and be in the running to win a “I Survived The Hurley” T Shirt and Bumper Sticker! Update regarding the avalanche fly over scheduled for April 16…….. The Ministry of Transportation trip to assess…
Plowing Update
Update from the Ministry of Transportation The MOT area manager is going out with the Avalanche Techs next week to have a look at the road and get snow depth data. The maintenance contractor (Interior Roads) will get the information and plan their clearing work should the conditions permit. Please keep in mind that it…
Hurley Spring Update
The Hurley has seen lots of traffic this weekend! Loads of sledders headed into Bralorne for the Backcountry Picnic! The weather was amazing and the Hurley was freshly groomed for the event. The Avalanche path at 12km from the Gold Bridge side had ripped again recently but is now passable thanks to Ken and Shirley…