9,629 ha burned in the South Coast region, starting Jul 2, 2026. After parks, reserves, conservation land and private parcels are taken out, 8,901 ha (92%) is open to picking.
Ranked Scout first: at least 300 ha open to picking, roads in, and not too steep. Low, south-facing ground warms first. This burn spans 410–1,578 m, so expect the season to start low and move uphill with the snow line.
Burn severity for 2026 isn’t published yet (checked Oct 29, 2026). The ranking uses open ground, aspect, slope and roads; it doesn’t guess at severity.
Land inside the perimeter that isn’t counted as open: IR: Scaucy 5, Shryptahooks 7, Kopchitchin 2, Speyum 3. Private parcels are taken out too; check land ownership on the ground.
BC Wildfire Service listed this fire as Under Control on Oct 31, 2026. A fire that is not yet out can have area restrictions or closures, so check before you go.
Straight-line drive estimates: 1.3 h from Hope, 1.4 h from Merritt, 2 h from Princeton. Forest service roads can be gated, washed out or deactivated, and Pickable has no live road conditions.
Burns are hazardous ground. Burned trees fall without warning, especially in wind, and burned ground hides holes from roots. Keep out in high wind and check BC Wildfire Service area restrictions before every trip.
Pickable doesn’t identify mushrooms. True morels are hollow from the tip of the cap to the base of the stem. False morels (Gyromitra) look brain-like or lobed and are chambered or stuffed with cotton-like tissue inside. Cut every one lengthwise. Never eat a wild mushroom on an app’s or a photo’s say-so. If someone may have eaten a poisonous mushroom, call BC Drug and Poison Information Centre at 1-800-567-8911, or 911.
Most BC Crown land is open to picking for your own use without a permit. Parks, ecological reserves, reserve land and conservation lands aren’t, and private land needs permission. This page is a guide built from public data, not legal advice. See the province’s mushroom picking page and the BC Wildfire Service record for V10742, and our data sources.
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Data: BC Wildfire Service perimeters, BC parks, reserves, conservation lands and ParcelMap BC, Digital Road Atlas and AWS terrain tiles, pulled Oct 22, 2026. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.