BC Highway 5A Road Conditions reports
| Required maintenance at Highway 5A, CVSE Scale. Starting Wed Sep 9 until Wed Sep 9. Lane blocked. Last update: August 24th, 2026 at 11:11am PDT. Northbound 8am-Noon, Southbound 1pm-5pm. minor construction | last updated |
| Road maintenance from Highway 5A, Highway 5 at Merritt to Highway 1 at Kamloops. Starting Tue Aug 25 until Fri Sep 11. From 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM PDT, Monday to Saturday. Single lane alternating traffic. Last update: August 25th, 2026 at 10:49am PDT. minor construction | last updated |
| Highway 5A. Fog patches between the start of Highway 5A and Gulliford Lake Rest Area for 37.5 km (Princeton to 2 km south of Gulliford Lake Rest Area). minor weather condition | last updated Mon Sep 7 at 12:51 AM PDT. |
| Fog patches between the start of Highway 5A (Princeton) and Gulliford Lake Rest Area (2 miles south of Gulliford Lake Rest Area). Last update: September 6th, 2026 at 11:08am PDT. Next update: September 7th, 2026 at 11:38am PDT. minor road condition | last updated |
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