Monthly Archives: January 2018
Hurley Closed to Vehicle Traffic
The Hurley is closed to vehicles for the driving season and it’s open to snowmobiles. Have a safe winter and keep sending any winter updates to info@bridgerivervalley.ca. Check back in May for opening status. Support this website and order your Hurley t-shirts, bumper stickers, can coolers & trucker hats in 3 colours – green/white, black/gold, … Continue reading
Jan 9 Update
Update 10th at 6am – 20cm of wet snow at Gun Lake over night. Reports of a vehicle stuck on the Pemberton side and heavy wet snow with slippery conditions. Haven’t heard if anyone has made it over and it is most likely closed to vehicle traffic now. As of yesterday, both logging companies have … Continue reading
Active Forest Road Safety
There have been many reports of snowmobiles riding on the plowed Hurley and sharing the road with logging trucks and other traffic. It is illegal and dangerous to snowmobile on a plowed FSR road. The Hurley will be open to snowmobiles soon so please take note of the restrictions now. This video from the Golden … Continue reading
Jan 6 update
A driver update in from Saturday morning: Drove from Gold Bridge to Pemberton this morning. Slushy and icy conditions at the summit, rest of the road a light ice crust. Make it with 4×4 truck and studded winter tires. Chains recommended. The Hurley is getting lots of different types of traffic and snowmobiling on a … Continue reading
Jan 5 Update
There is a freezing rain warning in effect so expect the Hurley conditions to change. Light freezing rain hit the Bridge River Valley last night. A reminder that snowmobiling on a plowed FSR road is illegal and dangerous. Thanks to Jim for the latest update: Nothing really new on the Hurley. Drove south Jan 4th at … Continue reading
Jan 2 Update
The logging company has plowed the Hurley from Pemberton to Gold Bridge and they will resume log hauling this week and remove all their equipment by early next week, weather permitting. The original post said logging for a few more weeks but then they sent another update. Thanks to everyone who sent in an update … Continue reading