Anyone wishing to access the Purcell Mountain backcountry from Radium Hot Springs should be advised that the Horsethief Creek Forest Service Road access has been closed due to rising waters from the Columbia River.

“The Columbia River has now flooded its bank in the area just over the train tracks, subsequently some of the roadway has washed away in places,” reported Tourism Radium manager Kent Kebe.

“Access to the west side of the Columbia River (Westside Road)  via Wilmer and Brisco would be the only way to access the fishing and wilderness campsites to our west and the Bugaboo area at this time,” he noted.

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