Know Before You Go

2026 Current Travel Advisories & Major Events:

Travel conditions can change quickly. The advisories below highlight events, restrictions and travel considerations currently affecting the Kootenay Rockies.

This page is updated regularly but is not a real-time emergency information service. Before travelling, always confirm current conditions with the official sources linked below, including DriveBC, BC Wildfire Service, EmergencyInfoBC and local emergency authorities. 

Evacuation Alert

Johnson Creek (NW of Beaton) | Evacuation Alert

Air Quality
Community Webcams | Check Current Air Quality in all communities
BC Air Quality | Air Quality Health Index – What’s the air like today.

Southeast Fire Centre prohibitions and restrictions

Recreational off-road vehicles use on Crown land in the Southeast Fire Centre | Temporary prohibition in effect | Commercial operator exemptions apply

Hope Creek (NE of Poplar Creek) | Area Restriction in effect

Sea Lion Mountain (NE of Golden) | Area Restriction in effect

Calamity Creek (NW of Kimberley) | Area Restrictions in Effect
Inonoaklin Creek (NW of Needles, Hwy 6) | Area Restriction in place
Jumbo Creek (W of Invermere) | Area Restriction in effect
Matthew Creek (W of Kimberley) | Area Restriction in place
Poplar Creek (NE of Meadow Creek/Kaslo, Hwy 31) | Area Restriction in effect

Campfire Ban
Effective until October 31, 2026, Category 1 Campfire is prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre.

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

National Parks Active Advisories
A fire ban is in effect in Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National Parks until further notice. 
A fire ban is also in effect for Kootenay National Park until further notice. 

Until October 2026, Highway 93 S – Visitors through Kootenay National Park near Sinclair Canyon and throughout the park, should expect construction-related delays of up to 45 minutes during busy periods.

Until March 31, 2027 – 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.