- The drive along east Harrison Lake.
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Prologue: It has been many, many years since I was off-road and none of them here in BC. I read about Clear Creek H.S. and all the public info was the same; take this dirt road to that dirt road, that dirt road is 4-wheel drive only and will take you to the hot springs.
So it was yesterday (Nov. 10), a beautiful sunny day, that we decided to go check it out. I was not sure of road conditions being that we've had a lot of rain lately but we went off with the attitude that we will only go as far as we feel comfy with.
I am sad to say that we almost made it. Without accurate mileage, my guess is that we were within 1-2 km of the springs. But being it was getting late in the day and we were a solo vehicle, we figured that not going on was the better part of valour. What stopped us was a slight uphill climb (1.5m) but with 2 badly placed big rocks surrounded with coarse sand. My only excuse - street tires and a desire to not get stuck. Good enough I do believe.
The Roads In: The East Harrison Service Road is an easy drive (hard pack with embedded rock), the Clear Creek Road is 4-wheel drive - as of this post it was not too muddy. The road is mostly hard pack sand and gravel. Uphill bits are sandy with rock (multiple sizes). There are culverts cut into the road for drainage, these are not too deep to navigate. There were at least 3 spots with water (small creeks) flowing over the road - they were never more than a few inches deep w/ rock base. Our street tires managed these surfaces fairly well - knobs would have been much nicer.
I do have to say that I was impressed with Shaun Van Ramen's abilities in the rough stuff. Only had to lock into 4L three times (once uphill and twice down hill). We are now looking forward to more off-road and camping adventures.
