BC Highway 5A Road Conditions reports
Highway 5A. Watch for slippery sections between Gulliford Lake Rest Area and Junction Hwy 97C for 25.0 km (2 km south of Gulliford Lake Rest Area to 1 km north of Aspen Grove). Compact snow. minor road condition | last updated Sat Feb 8 at 8:52 PM PST. |
Highway 5A. Watch for falling rocks between the start of Highway 5A and Gulliford Lake Rest Area for 37.5 km (2 km south of Gulliford Lake Rest Area to Princeton). minor incident | last updated Sat Feb 8 at 3:27 PM PST. |
Starting at the junction of the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) in Princeton, Highway 5A north to its junction with the Okanagan Connector (Highway 97C) at Aspen Grove.
Past Aspen Grove, Highway 5A and Highway 97C travel in a shared designation northwest for 23 km (14 mi) before intersecting the Coquihalla Highway 5 and Highway 8 at Merritt.
After a 4 km (2.5 mi) gap, Highway 5A continues north northeast for 89 km (55 mi), passing through the community of Quilchena, before terminating within Kamloops at its junction with Highways 5, 1 and Hwy 97 (which are overlapped at the point where 5A terminates). Highway 5A Road Conditions
Point of Interest: Check out Allison Lake Provincial Park

Want to see what the BC Highway 5A route looks like from a drivers perspective driving from Aspen Grove to Princeton?
Here is a video we found on YouTube. Soon BCHighway will make our own video. Until then you can see an example of one drivers experience July 2020. Watch here by clicking on the center of the screen.
• Allison Lake is shown at 43 min:11 sec
• MacKenzie Lake is shown at 50 min:56 sec
• Similkameen River is visible at 1 hour:06 min:20 sec