Do the FSRs in BC have access reports ?

[samwyse]

Has anyone ever heard of this before?

My sister-in-law said she planned a trip that involved an FSR and called a phone number that gave her a report based on the last time it was used by a MoF staff.
Just wondering if anyone else has used this service before or seen anything like it. She's forgotten the phone number.

[604ksmith]

I haven't heard of that service, but I've had success once or twice from emailing both CO's and local logging companies. Although, I knew beforehand which local logging company was trucking on the road.

Neither will return an email very quickly, it's low on their 'to-do' list, but I got road reports from both. Including a heads-up on what type of trucks and frequency the loggers were in there with.

[samwyse]

Great! Well that's good to know. I also found this, its a GIS supported map updated and notes from the ministry that gives the status of roads in a general sense.
http://bcgov03.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0f792275b1b2417a8579998255dd6195

[Hublocker]

https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/engineering/roadinformation.htm

[samwyse]

https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dsq/engineering/roadinformation.htm

This resource seems to be good for Sea-To-Sky district. It looks handy, are you able to post a link that provides more districts? I've tried looking, but having worked for the provincial government, I know what a maze their website is.

[Hublocker]

Just use Google search

https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dck/engineering/dck_engineering.htm

[samwyse]

Just use Google search

https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dck/engineering/dck_engineering.htm

An excellent idea, however one that I had exhausted in terms of what to search for. Thanks for the link! :)

[Singleshotneeded]

Another thing that helps is getting one of those cheap programmable Baofeng radios on Amazon, and getting the logging frequencies online and downloading them to your radio. Then when you're in a certain area, you switch your radio to the right logging frequency and you'll hear if a truck is heading in your direction.

[samwyse]

Another thing that helps is getting one of those cheap programmable Baofeng radios on Amazon, and getting the logging frequencies online and downloading them to your radio. Then when you're in a certain area, you switch your radio to the right logging frequency and you'll hear if a truck is heading in your direction.

I've been thinking about doing this for a while. Used to have them in the work trucks while working up north tree-planting. Invaluable and save a lot of lives used in the right area. We hated it when recreation users were on the skinny roads and didn't call.

[hillman]

Go to the specific forest district web site where you intend to travel. There are often notices of condition and closures. The notices are for main roads and not all roads. Good luck & stay out of the skunk weed.