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ExtremeTibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road — Yellowknife to Ekati Diamond Mine via the Arctic Ice Road (South Segment, Winter Only)
71 frozen lakes. No road. Just ice.
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Overlanding Trails in Northwest Territories
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Lac de Gras — Ekati Diamond Mine Ice Road Terminus Viewpoint
The frozen endpoint of the world's longest winter road — a vast Arctic lake where the ice road…
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Prelude Lake Territorial Campground — Northwest Territories Barren Lands Gateway
The closest established campground to Yellowknife before you commit to the Contwoyto Winter Road corridor — a real…
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Tibbit Lake — Contwoyto Winter Road Southern Staging Dispersed Camp
The gravel pull-off area at Tibbit Lake is the last dry-land staging point before trucks roll onto the…
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ExtremeContwoyto Winter Road — Tibbit Lake to Ekati Diamond Mine via the Barren Lands Ice Road (Winter Only Full Run)
Frozen lakes, diamond mines, and nothing else for miles.
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Peel River Ferry Crossing — Dempster Highway NWT
The only way across the Peel River on the Dempster — a free government ferry in summer, ice…
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Arctic Red River Campground — Tsiigehtchic
Small territorial campground at the Dempster's Arctic Red River ferry crossing — the last real stop before Inuvik…
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Northwest Territories Highway 8 — Peel River East Bank Dispersed Camp
Flat gravel pullout on the east bank of the Peel River just past the ferry crossing — the…
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ModerateDempster Highway — Fort McPherson to Inuvik via the Peel Plateau and Arctic Red River Ferry
Ferries, plateau, and the Arctic edge. No shortcuts.
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Nahanni Butte — Liard River Confluence Viewpoint
Where the South Nahanni River pours into the Liard — the dramatic endpoint of the trail with a…