Fitzsimmons Creek Debris Barrier

Project Highlights

The Fitzsimmons Creek Debris Barrier is British Columbia’s first large-scale debris barrier designed specifically for debris floods.

Located upstream of Whistler, the barrier protects Whistler Village from the full force of a debris flood by:

• Slowing the velocity of the flood;
• detaining up to 34,000 cubic metros of debris and
• withstanding an impact equivalent to a 2.8 tonnes boulder slamming into it at 5 metros per second.
• The unique design significantly advances state of the art hazard mitigation on mountain creeks.