The North Canol Road
Always on the lookout for Sheep and Caribou, Etienne and I spend a week roaming the North Canol Road, up and over MacMillan Pass into the North West Territories. It’s late in the fall, and we encounter heavy snowfall on the pass. We’re the last vehicle for the season, and we enjoy every minute of exploration.
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Early on the road is good gravel, with mountains in the distance
Whitewater on the North Canol
Sunset over the mountains
Looks a bit like fall
The road winds on and on into the mountains
How much longer will they last?
Looking more like winter by the minute
The old trucks appear to be part of the landscape
Snow covered mountains in every direction
The road quickly deteriorates over the border in the NWT, with a few small river crossings
Winter coming to the North Canol Road
Making fresh tracks
Abandoned trucks are a common sight on the road
The wildlife Checkstation, just over the border in the NWT
Sunset that lasted an hour
One of the most beautiful – and remote – places I’ve ever been in a vehicle.
-Dan
Love the Canol road, a special place. Great time of year, great pictures.
Hi, I was thinking going up those mountains to Itsi Lake etc by the North Canol Rd. But I can’t seem to find when during june its good to go considering the snow melting away and the ice has broken up on the big lakes. I was thinking going at the end of june. Do you have any idea?
I can see early june might be way to early
Regards from Norway
Hi Tonje,
I’ve been in Southern Yukon on May 24 when lakes still had ice on them. I really don’t know when the North Canol would be snow free, though I’d leave it until mid-July myself.
-Dan