669 ha burned in the Thompson-Okanagan region, starting Jun 19, 2026. After parks, reserves, conservation land and private parcels are taken out, 256 ha (38%) is open to picking.
Ranked Worth a look: smaller, steeper, lightly burned or harder to reach. Worth it if you’re nearby. Low, south-facing ground warms first. This burn spans 260–953 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: Skuppah 2A, Skuppah 2B, Kitzowit 20; Conservation: Lytton Range. Private parcels are taken out too; check land ownership on the ground.
BC Wildfire Service listed this fire as Out on Oct 31, 2026.
An order or alert overlapped this burn when last checked: Saw Creek Wildfire. Check EmergencyInfoBC and BC Wildfire Service before you go.
Straight-line drive estimates: 1.3 h from Merritt, 1.4 h from Lillooet, 2.1 h from Hope. 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 K70597, 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.