Know Before You Go

2025 Current Travel Advisories & Major Events:

Highway 1
Expect 30 minute closures between 7pm and 8am and 2 hour closures from 3:30-5:30 am (Saturdays 12:30 am-2:30 am) due to construction work between Illecillewaet Brake Check and MacDonald Snowshed for 3 km, W of Glacier National Park.

BC Wildfire Services
There are currently NO Wildfires of Note in the Kootenay Rockies region.
While certain wildfires within the region are classified as ‘out of control’, there is no risk to public safety and all highways are open.

BC Parks Active Advisories
Bugaboo Park is partially closed.
Purcell Wilderness Conservancy has limited access.
Top of the World Park has limited access.
Valhalla Park has limited access.

Kootenay & Yoho National Parks
All waterbodies in these parks are closed to watercraft and angling to reduce the spread of aquatic invasive species, including whirling disease.
In effect until March 31, 2026.