Rocky Mountain Natural Resource District road safety information

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• Temporary road closures / restrictions and Work in progress / upcoming work
• Road notices and warnings
• Permanent road closures and restrictions

Temporary road closures/restrictions and Work in progress/upcoming work

Redding Creek FSR 0252.05  (April 16, 2026)
Road Closed at 46km mark due to a washout/erosion event. Only ~6ft of the road surface is remaining. Do not get too close to the washout, as the fillslope of the road has failed and could fail further. Erosion is also present on the road at the 40-41km mark.

St. Mary’s West Fork FSR 0252.06  (April 17, 2026)
Road Closed at 44.1 km mark due to a washout/erosion event.  Approximately 2/3 of the road surface is remaining, although still at high risk of failure.  Do not get too close to the washout, as the fillslope of the road has failed and could fail further.

​Road notices and warnings

Frances Creek FSR 0276.01  (September 15, 2022)
Compromised road surface due to erosion of road edge where the road is close to the creek. Drive at your own risk.

Kootenay-Albert FSR 0105.07 (May 24, 2024)
Avalanche path at 56.1km has washout road surface and is considered unstable. Drive at your own risk, high clearance with 4x4 required.

Permanent road closures and restrictions

Flathead Main FSR 0030.01 (August 2024)
Closed from the 87 km mark (~10 km south of Corbin townsite) to the 84 km mark (~13 km south of Corbin townsite) due to multiple washouts, including two washed out/condemned bridges.

Mark Creek Main FSR 0252.20 (May 2018)
Closed to non-industrial traffic. This closure, and accompanying gate, was approved to protect public health and safety, and to reduce the risk of significant sediment delivery to Mark Creek.

• Mark Creek Main FSR is the access to the Mark Creek Community Watershed, which provides water for the City of Kimberley.

McClatchie Creek FSR 5466.06 (August 2024)
Bridge has been removed (N1-107) at 57km, at the Flathead River, due to bridge washout. This site is located ~3.5 km west of the junction of the Flathead Main FSR at the north end of the McClatchie Creek FSR.

McClatchie Creek FSR 5466.06 (July 2013)
Bridge has been removed (N1-108) at 57km, at Squall Creek, due to bridge washout. This site is located near the junction of the Flathead Main FSR at the north end of the McClatchie Creek FSR.

White Creek FSR 0252.10  (October 13, 2023)
ATV bridge at 12.4km is closed due to rot in all wood components.