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DifficultContwoyto Winter Road — Tibbit Lake to Contwoyto Lake via the Arctic Ice Road
Six hundred kilometres of frozen lakes. Nothing else.
Canada
Overlanding Trails in Northwest Territories
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ExpertTibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road — Yellowknife to Contwoyto Lake via the Arctic Ice Road
600 km of frozen lake. Eight weeks to use it.
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ModerateDempster Highway — Eagle Plains to Inuvik via the Richardson Mountains and Peel Plateau
Arctic gravel. Two spares minimum. No excuses.
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ModerateHard Luck Road — Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk via the Mackenzie Delta Tundra
Gravel all the way to the Arctic Ocean.
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ModerateDempster Highway — Dawson City to Inuvik via the Richardson Mountains and Peel Plateau
Canada's Arctic Circle gravel corridor.
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DifficultRawson Lake Road — Fort Simpson to Rawson Lake Wilderness
Muskeg, moose, and zero cell bars.
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DifficultWekweètì Winter Road — Yellowknife to Wekweètì via Snare Lakes
Frozen Shield lakes to the edge of the Barren Lands.
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ModerateNahanni Butte to Naha Dehé Wilderness Road — South Nahanni River Confluence
The sentinel butte at the edge of Nahanni country.
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ExpertBathurst Inlet Winter Road — Tibbitt to Contwoyto Extension to Arctic Coast
Barren Lands to the Arctic coast on frozen lakes.
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ModerateSaamba Deh Falls to Fort Providence Backcountry Road — Mackenzie River West Bank
Hidden waterfall camp on the Mackenzie's edge.