FireRadar Highways · official status + environmental context

Highway 5 — Coquihalla · Clearwater → Valemount

Official DriveBC road events and latest highway-camera images for the Coquihalla, with FireRadar wildfire context kept clearly separate.

Official road report
INCIDENTS REPORTED

DriveBC · CURRENT

4 active matching DriveBC records are listed. None provides a route-wide open or closed statement; review the incidents before travel.

Active incidents
4
Retrieved
Aug 20, 2026, 6:49 a.m. UTC

Active incidents & restrictions

CONSTRUCTION · MAJOR
CONSTRUCTION

Highway 5, in both directions. Road construction work between Martin Creek Forest Service Road and Cove Creek. Until Thu Oct 1 at 4:00 PM PDT. Single lane alternating traffic. Slow down and obey traffic control. Next update time Thu Oct 1 at 4:00 PM PDT. Last updated Mon Aug 17 at 7:28 AM PDT. (DBC-93812)

Official update: Aug 17, 2026, 2:28 p.m. UTC
CONSTRUCTION · MINOR
CONSTRUCTION

Highway 5, in both directions. Bridge construction at Six Mile/HWY 5 Bridge (10 km south of Blue River). Until Fri Oct 30. Single lane alternating traffic. Watch for traffic control. Lane width reduction to 3.8 m wide lane, with a max 4.4m width including overhang. In addition, a maximum weight, restriction of 85T with the requirement of 1 truck on the bridge deck at a time is in effect. Last updated Thu Jul 9 at 2:45 PM PDT. (DBC-92573)

Official update: Jul 9, 2026, 9:45 p.m. UTC
CONSTRUCTION · MINOR
CONSTRUCTION

Highway 5, in both directions. Roadside brushing between Chappell Creek Rec Site and Whiskeyfill Rd for 50.4 km (5 km south of Valemount to 30 km north of Blue River). Until Mon Aug 31 at 6:00 PM PDT. Shoulder closed. Watch for traffic control. Last updated Thu Jun 18 at 8:21 AM PDT. (DBC-92993)

Official update: Jun 18, 2026, 3:21 p.m. UTC
CONSTRUCTION · MINOR
CONSTRUCTION

Highway 5, southbound. Construction work between Miledge Creek Bridge and Thunder River Rd for 4.9 km (17 to 12 km north of Blue River). Until Sat Nov 7 at 5:00 PM PST. From 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM PST on weekdays. Watch for traffic control. Single Lane Alternating Traffic will only be required for a brief duration during mobilization and demobilization of materials and equipment. Last updated Mon Jan 26 at 10:10 AM PST. (DBC-82106)

Official update: Jan 26, 2026, 6:10 p.m. UTC
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Latest highway camera images

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Route map & wildfire context

The highway is the orange route focus. Official fires, recent out fires, smoke and AQHI remain independently sourced layers. FireRadar does not convert them into a travel-safety claim.

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Official restriction context

Fire restrictions along Highway 5 — Coquihalla · Clearwater → Valemount

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Weather

Official alerts & forecast context

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Wildfire impact

Current corridor assessment

Below, FireRadar publishes a conservative current corridor assessment using direct-official wildfire information and available Environment Canada weather context. It is not a fire-spread forecast or travel-safety score.

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Data freshness

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Integrated road events revalidate every 5 minutes. Camera metadata revalidates every 6 hours; images use short-lived edge caching. An unavailable source stays unavailable—not zero.

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Current corridor intelligence

Weather warnings and wildfire impact

Environment Canada weather and FireRadar's current wildfire corridor assessment are shown separately from the transportation authority's official road state. Neither is a statement that travel is safe.

Environment Canada

Corridor weather

Current
Alerts
0
Temperature
14°C
Wind
2 km/h
Humidity
74%

No Environment Canada weather alert geometry currently matches the corridor bounding area. This is not a guarantee of benign road conditions.

Nearest available weather point: Blue River · 1 km from the corridor anchor · observation Aug 20, 2026, 6:00 a.m. UTC
Tonight
Clear. Becoming partly cloudy this evening. Low 11.
Thursday
A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of showers late in the morning and early afternoon. High 29. UV index 6 or high.
Thursday night
Clear. Low 9.
Friday
Sunny. High 31.
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FireRadar assessment · not road status

Current wildfire corridor risk

ELEVATED · 38
Within 5 km
0
Within 25 km
2
Out of control
0
Confidence
HIGH

Nearest direct-official active wildfire is 6.1 km from the configured corridor spine.

Nearest official active fire: G31209 · 6.1 km · Being held

Current heuristic only. FireRadar does not predict future fire spread in this stage and deliberately caps point-based assessments below Critical. Official road travelability remains separate.

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