Quick Links  Minister Mandate Contracts Legislation Employment Engineering Recruitment Children's Activity Book  Youth Page Videos   Phone Book News Releases Deh Cho Bridge GNWT Home NWT Tourism Contact Us Road Conditions Information Weather info Highway map	Open and Close Dates for the NWT's Winter Road System  Winter Roads Ft. Simpson - Wrigley (Highway #1) Wrigley - Tulita (Highway #1) Tulita - Norman Wells (Highway #1) Norman Wells - Ft. Good Hope (Highway #1) Mining Roads Tibbitt-Contwoyto Winter Road 1983/84 Open 12-Jan 13-Jan 13-Jan WINTER ROAD NOT OPENED UNTIL 1988/89   17-Feb Closed 13-Apr 4-Apr 4-Apr   14-Apr 1984/85 Open 27-Dec 15-Jan 15-Jan   30-Jan Closed 20-Mar 20-Mar 20-Mar   8-Apr 1985/86 Open 18-Dec 25-Jan 23-Dec   22-Jan Closed 3-Apr 3-Apr 3-Apr   7-Apr 1986/87 Open 17-Dec 13-Jan 19-Jan   14-Jan Closed 1-Apr 25-Mar 26-Mar   1-Apr 1987/88 Open 21-Dec 11-Jan 8-Jan   N/A Closed 14-Apr 28-Mar 5-Apr   N/A 1988/89 Open 15-Dec 16-Jan 16-Jan 27-Feb   12-Feb Closed 14-Apr 5-Apr 10-Apr 10-Apr   9-Apr 1989/90 Open 12-Dec 15-Jan 16-Dec 15-Jan   14-Feb Closed 10-Apr 30-Mar 5-Apr 5-Apr   7-Apr 1990/91 Open 12-Dec 8-Jan 8-Jan 2-Jan   1-Feb Closed 13-Apr 31-Mar 8-Apr 8-Apr   22-Mar 1991/92 Open 2-Dec 20-Dec 20-Dec 20-Dec   23-Jan Closed 27-Apr 25-Mar 4-Apr 25-Mar   13-Mar 1992/93 Open 9-Dec 11-Jan 11-Jan 14-Jan   28-Jan Closed 20-Apr 26-Mar 29-Mar 29-Mar   22-Mar 1993/94 Open 11-Dec 23-Dec 29-Dec 29-Dec   3-Feb Closed 12-Apr 29-Mar 30-Mar 31-Mar   1-Apr 1994/95 Open ALL WEATHER ROAD OPENED SUMMER 1994 12-Jan 18-Jan 19-Jan   18-Jan Closed 19-Mar 26-Mar 26-Mar   3-Apr 1995/96 Open 26-Jan 8-Jan 8-Jan   25-Jan Closed 20-Mar 20-Mar 20-Mar   13-Apr 1996/97 Open 14-Feb 14-Jan 14-Jan   28-Jan Closed 17-Mar 17-Mar 17-Mar   12-Apr 1997/98 Open 6-Feb 23-Jan 14-Jan   19-Jan Closed 16-Mar 13-Mar 16-Mar   4-Apr 1998/99 Open 1-Feb 31-Dec 7-Jan   1-Feb Closed 16-Mar 16-Mar 15-Mar   30-Mar 1999/00 Open 3-Feb 11-Jan 24-Dec   28-Jan Closed 15-Mar 15-Mar 15-Mar   3-Apr 2000/01 Open 19-Jan 15-Jan 8-Jan   1-Feb Closed 15-Mar 5-Apr 31-Mar   13-Apr 2001/02 Open 20-Dec 10-Jan 11-Jan   26-Jan Closed 18-Mar 18-Mar 18-Mar   16-Apr 2002/03 Open 22-Jan 22-Jan 20-Jan   1-Feb Closed 18-Mar 10-Apr 10-Apr   2-Apr 2003/04 Open 19-Dec 29-Dec 19-Dec   28-Jan Closed 16-Mar 16-Mar 31-Mar   31-Mar 2004/05 Open 13-Dec 4-Jan 13-Dec   26-Jan Closed 1-Apr 1-Apr 1-Apr   5-Apr 2005/06 Open 19-Dec 19-Dec 29-Dec   5-Feb Closed 7-Apr 7-Apr 7-Apr   26-Mar 2006/07 Open 22-Dec 20-Dec 21-Dec   28-Jan Closed 31-Mar 9-Apr 9-Apr   8-Apr 2007/08 Open 21-Dec 24-Dec 8-Dec   28-Jan Closed 9-Apr 9-Apr 9-Apr   7-Apr       Last 10 Years Average (1998/99 - 2007/2008)   Open   4-Jan 3-Jan 1-Jan 30-Jan Closed   24-Mar 29-Mar 30-Mar   5-Apr Last 5 years average (2003/04 to 2007/08)   Open   19-Dec 25-Dec 18-Dec 29-Jan Closed   31-Mar 2-Apr 5-Apr   3-Apr   {1} ##LOC[OK]## {1} ##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]## {1} ##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##