Gray Creek Pass

December 9, 2020

The climb to Gray Creek Pass is 5,000 ft of elevation gain in 16.5 km making it the highest dirt pass in Canada! The 6,850 foot high Gray Creek Pass runs between Kootenay Lake on the west and Kimberly to the east through the Kootenay range.

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Surface:
Gravel expect a bit of paved closest to Kimberly.

Distance:
84km – 2,072m vert

Access:
From the Community of Grey Creek or Kimberly.

Ride the highest dirt pass in Canada?

The pass runs between Kootenay Lake on the west and Kimberly to the east through the Kootenay range. While there are two other roads higher than Gray Creek Pass, Highwood and Bow, both are in Alberta and both paved.

Watch the Gray Creek Store website which maintains a blog and provides tidbits of information on the condition of the road. It may be possible during some years to make it through Gray Creek Pass, before it gets plowed open. But, I couldn’t imagine a more fun way of passing through with the challenge of patches of snow, or teamwork ultimately paying off.

Destinations

Kootenay Lake Ferry

The Kootenay Lake ferry runs across Kootenay Lake, 35 kilometres east of Nelson on Highway 3A, between Balfour (west side) and Kootenay Bay (east side), 70 kilometres from Creston on Highway 3A. Capacity of the M.V. Osprey 2000 is 80 vehicles and 250 passengers. The M.V. Balfour can accommodate 28

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