Crossing the ice road over the Mackenzie River Part 2

Crossing the final part of the Mackenzie River over the ice road near Fort Providence, Northwest Territories. The trucker in this clip looked very uncertain of whether he wanted to attempt the crossing. As a result of the very warm weather there had been over the past week, with temperatures over the freezing mark most days, there was a max load limit of 64,000kg at the time. He must have been around or over that weight.

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• Mackenzie River
• Yellowknife
• ice road
• NWT
• Northwest Territories

[auscanman]

The best time is probably in mid March, when I crossed it. This ice road opens in early January and closes sometime in early April. It stays open even once the water on top starts to flow... not for the faint of heart! If you want to go up to Tuk, you'll have to go through Yukon and then on the Dempster Highway up to Inuvik. There's no ice road between Yellowknife and Inuvik, unfortunately. There's an ice road on the Mackenzie that runs for something crazy like 1,100km up to Fort Good Hope.

[Imahab]

When is the best time to go over the Mackenzie River ice road?

I am looking to go on a winter road trip all the way to Tuktoyaktuk.