Highway corridor · British Columbia

BC Highway 95 – Columbia Valley wildfire map & smoke conditions

View official wildfires and smoke near Highway 95 through the Columbia Valley between Radium Hot Springs, Invermere, Golden approaches, and southeastern BC communities.

Distances are measured from an approximate route line and may not reflect every point on the road. They do not indicate road status or safety.

Current official data · FireRadar-curated corridor distance

Official wildfires near BC Highway 95 – Columbia Valley

Latest source update: Oct 2, 2026, 11:02 a.m. PDT
Within 25 km
2
Active official wildfire points from the represented place geometry.
Within 50 km
4
Active official wildfire points from the represented place geometry.
Within 100 km
8
2 recent out records are also within 100 km from the represented place geometry.
Nearest official active fire
17 km
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Distance is measured to a FireRadar-curated corridor line for geographic context. It is not a road-closure, spread, evacuation, or travel-safety distance.

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Wildfire context for BC Highway 95 – Columbia Valley

Highway 95 follows a long mountain valley bordered by forested slopes, wetlands, rural properties, recreation destinations, resorts, farms, and communities exposed to different local fire and smoke conditions. Incidents in the Rockies or Purcells can matter to travel well beyond the nearest municipal boundary.

Smoke forecast, air quality and fire weather

Smoke forecasts, measured AQHI and Fire Danger ratings describe different conditions. FireRadar shows each separately so one is not mistaken for another.

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Official wildfire source for British Columbia

Official incident markers come from the BC Wildfire Service feed. Marker locations are informational and do not replace official emergency notices or local emergency instructions.

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Emergency, closure, and travel information

FireRadar is an informational wildfire map. It does not issue evacuation instructions, park closures, road closures, travel advisories, fire bans, campground or trail status, or fire-spread predictions. Follow the applicable provincial, territorial, municipal, Indigenous, parks, transportation, and emergency authorities for operational decisions.

Regional wildfire context near BC Highway 95 – Columbia Valley

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Community wildfire maps near BC Highway 95 – Columbia Valley

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Radium Hot Springs →Invermere →Golden →Kimberley →Cranbrook →Elkford →Sparwood →Fernie →

Related parks, routes and recreation areas

Columbia Lake
Lake & recreation area · Track official wildfires and smoke around Columbia Lake at the southern end of the Columbia Valley, including recreation properties and Highway 93/95 access.
Purcell Wilderness Conservancy
Park & recreation destination · View official wildfires and smoke near the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy across remote mountain terrain between the Columbia Valley and Kootenay Lake.
Lake Windermere
Lake & recreation area · View official wildfires and smoke around Lake Windermere, Invermere, nearby resort communities, and the forested Columbia Valley of southeastern British Columbia.
BC Highway 31 – Kootenay Lake
Highway corridor · Track official wildfires and smoke near Highway 31 along Kootenay Lake between Kaslo-area communities and the northern lake corridor.
Highway 93 BC Columbia-Rockies Corridor
Highway corridor · Track official wildfires and smoke near Highway 93 through the Columbia Valley, Kootenay National Park, and southeastern British Columbia mountain corridors.
Regional District of East Kootenay
Regional district · View official wildfires across the Regional District of East Kootenay with smoke forecast, AQHI context, nearby-fire distances, and links to Cranbrook, Kimberley, Fernie, and surrounding areas.
BC highway conditions

Road events, cameras & wildfire context

Check DriveBC road events alongside wildfire, smoke and weather information. DriveBC remains authoritative for closures, delays, detours and whether travel is possible.

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Transportation source
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Official BC road information.
Highway section
Columbia Valley Highway 95 corridor
Events are matched to this section of the highway.
Latest check
Oct 2, 2026, 12:32 p.m.
When FireRadar last checked DriveBC.
Latest road update
Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 p.m.
If no event is listed, the road is not necessarily open or safe.

Active DriveBC events · Columbia Valley Highway 95 corridor

Events reported for this highway section.

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MAJOR·CONSTRUCTION·ALL_LANES_OPEN

CONSTRUCTION

Electrical maintenance from Highway 95, In Golden and Golden to Highway 93, Radium Hot Springs. Starting Sun Oct 4 until Sun Oct 4. Last update: October 2nd, 2026 at 1:00pm MDT. BC Hydro planned outage to repair equipment. No electric vehicle charging available between Golden and Radium Hot Springs, and Golden and Field on October 4th from 7:00 AM MDT to 9:00 PM MDT. Fuel will be available.

Highway 95

DriveBC update: Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

Source: DriveBC. FireRadar shows events that DriveBC places along this highway section. Records without enough location information are left out. Missing or partial records never imply that the whole route is open or safe.

Official highway cameras

DriveBC camera imagery is transportation context, not proof that a road is safe or unrestricted.

No cameras are currently listed for this highway section. Use DriveBC's camera directory to check the latest images by highway or location.
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Wildfire, weather, smoke and longer-range context

Each source answers a different question. Road events, wildfire perimeters, fire danger, smoke forecasts, measured AQHI, seasonal outlooks and drought conditions remain separate so their limits stay clear.

Fire danger →
Current official Low-to-Extreme regional conditions; not a road-status or ignition forecast.
Wildfire perimeters →
Official mapped boundaries where the responsible wildfire agency publishes them.
Smoke forecast →
ECCC FireWork model guidance kept separate from measured air quality.
AQHI observations →
Observed health-risk context at participating stations; not a smoke-only measurement.
Seasonal outlook →
Longer-range CWFIS seasonal fire-weather context with explicit forecast uncertainty.
Drought context →
Monthly Canadian Drought Monitor context kept distinct from daily fire danger.
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