Winter and Ice Roads Information
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The Northwest Territories has a unique transportation system composed of paved highways, gravel highways, ferries, and winter / ice roads.
The recent TV series "Ice Road Truckers" has drawn international attention to the NWT's 1400 kilometres of winter roads, ice roads, and ice crossings.
| WINTER ROADS ALERTS
The Tuktoyaktuk and Aklavik Ice Roads are closed for the season.
On the Dempster Highway, the Peel River ice crossing at km 74; the Mackenzie River Ice Crossing at Tsiigehtchic at km 143; and the Tsiigehtchic winter access are open to a maximum load capacity of 64,000 kilograms. With persisting cold weather, the ice crossings will likely stay in service until early next week. Small and low clearance vehicles are not recommended to travel on the ice crossings. Slippery, slushy, melt-water and rough conditions will be encountered.
Looking for historical opening and closing information for the winter and ice road system? Go to the Road Bulletin page, click on the crossing, winter road, and ice road in which you are interested, and then open the file on the right.
| Hwy |
Location |
Status |
Weight Limit |
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Trout Lake winter access road |
Closed |
- |
| 1 |
Liard River ice crossing near Fort Simpson |
Closed |
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| 1 |
N'Dulee Ice Crossing near Fort Simpson |
Closed |
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Wrigley to Tulita winter road |
Closed |
- |
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Tulita to Norman Wells Winter Road |
Closed |
- |
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Deline ice crossing |
Closed |
- |
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Tulita Ice Crossing |
Closed |
- |
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Norman Wells to Fort Good Hope winter road |
Closed |
- |
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Fort Good Hope to Colville Lake winter road |
Closed |
- |
| 3 |
Mackenzie River ice crossing near Fort Providence |
Closed |
- |
| 7 |
Nahanni Butte ice crossing |
Closed |
- |
| 8 |
Peel River ice crossing near Fort McPherson |
Subject to closure
as early as Monday |
64,000 kg |
| 8 |
Mackenzie River ice crossing near Tsiigehtchic |
Subject to closure
as early as Monday |
64,000 kg |
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Tsiigehtchic winter access road |
Subject to closure
as early as Monday |
64,000 kg |
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Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk ice road |
Closed |
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Aklavik winter access road |
Closed |
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Dettah ice road |
Closed |
- |
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Gameti winter road |
Closed |
- |
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Whati winter road |
Closed |
- |
To learn more about our unique transportation system, click on the links below.
A Field Guide to Ice Construction Safety
The Diesel Gypsy's Ice Road History
Popular Mechanics “Building Canada's Epic Ice Road”
Explore NWT – Ice Road Adventures
Wikipedia’s Ice Road
Wikipedia’s Tibbitt to Contwoyto Road
Nuna Logistics' Winter Road Role
Robinson Enterprises Ltd. Winter Ice Road Explained
The Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road
Diavik’s Ice Road
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