It’s that time of the year when people start wondering when the Hurley will be open. It’s still winter and sledding season up there and the road won’t open to vehicle traffic until at least the May long weekend. Updates will be posted here as soon as we have them. Thanks to Corbin for the…
Category: Hurley Road Updates
Road Condition Updates
Avalanche Danger
Please read the information below regarding high avalanche danger on the Lillooet FSR and Hurley parking areas from Conny Amelunxen the Innergex contracted Avalanche Professional. As of this last storm several avalanche paths reached the threshold snow values required to produce snow avalanches. In the storm of Jan 3/4 number of size 2 (possibly larger)…
Hurley Closed
Dec 12. After all the recent snow, the Hurley is closed to vehicle traffic for the winter. Update from Dec 11: Crossed Hurley summit at about 2:30 today. Moose was on other side. It was -3 and snowing at summit. Someone stopped because of moose and needed chains to get going again. Next time I…
Nov 23 Update
Thanks to Scott Frizzell for the latest Hurley update and photo: Came west over the Hurley at 9 am. 5-7 cm fresh in the pass on top of yesterday’s grading/plow. Great shape! This site is based on Hurley driver updates so please email new road conditions to info@bridgerivervalley.ca or post in the comments below. If…
Nov 22 Update
Thanks to Shawn Sadler for the latest Hurley update and photos: Traveled Bralorne to Pemberton @ 3pm. Freezing rain on all of east Hurley, very slippery, sheet of ice. East Hurley junction to hope Creek decent. 27km snow, more grip with 6inch fresh snow top of Hurley pass. Hill down from pass took slowly but…
Nov 16 Update
Nov 16 at 10am. We have received another update this morning and conditions have changed since the messy conditions night. Thanks to Scott Frizzell for the latest update and photos. Came west over the Hurley at 10am. Single lane hard pack to the pass. The grader is working plowing snow from the pass west and…
Nov 15 Update
Nov 15 at 5:30 pm. The Hurley has snow from about the 22 mark coming from Gold Bridge down to the 10. Last night was not a fun night. Truck was in slow motion sliding over the bank. A Huge shout out to Kathy from Back country Snowcats. She stumbled across me and did everything…
Nov 14 Update
Update from Nov 15th: I drove over at 1.00pm. It was raining at the summit and it was a scary drive and lucky I didn’t meet anyone coming the other way, it was very slippery and lots of snow at the summit. The graders were working on the bottom 8km which was nice. There is…
Nov 10 Update
Thanks to Robin Naidoo for the latest Hurley update from the weekend. Snow is in the forecast for the next few days so please keep sending in road updates. Drove the Hurley from Pemberton at about 3pm today. Most of it was bare and in good condition; towards the summit there was hard-packed snow that…
Nov 6 Update
Thanks to Scott Frizzell for the latest Hurley update and photo. Came west over the Hurley Tuesday morning. Road is bare. 2 degrees and snowing lightly at the pass. Road is good in spots and not so good in others. Lillooet FSR still has lots of pot holes. This site is based on Hurley driver…
Oct 28 Update
Thanks to Lauree Carmichael for the latest Hurley update and photo after the snow last night: 1:30 today there was about 6 to 8 inches of snow at the summit, but lots of traffic going through. This site is based on Hurley driver updates so please email new road conditions to info@bridgerivervalley.ca or post in…
Oct 25 Update
Thanks to Debbie Demare for the latest Hurley update: I travelled Hurley FSR yesterday back and forth. Junction with Lillooet River FSR to Tenquille corner has not been graded. Just west side of summit to Hope Creek, there has been intermittent grading…certainly not a full grade but has dealt with the pothole issues in this…
October 20 Update
Thanks to Randy Perazzo for the latest Hurley Update: The Lillooet River portion is still horrendous. The Pemberton side up to Semiphore Lake trail head at the summit is not in very good condition and very rough. Semiphore to the 20km marker on the Gold Bridge side has been graded where needed and is in…
Maintenance Update
The Hurley is really rough right now with washboards and huge potholes. A grader, water truck, & pack will be working from the Pemberton end of the Hurley. This is planned for next week. They will touch up the switchbacks and grade up the road for approximately 7 days. Expect to see crews and potentially…
Oct 10 Update
The Hurley is back to being snow free with lots of potholes. Thanks to Sue and Phil for the latest photo taken at the summit. This site is based on Hurley driver updates so please email new road conditions to info@bridgerivervalley.ca or post in the comments below. If you choose to drive the Hurley at…