Driving to Yellowknife, NT

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a good solution for renting a car.

Forget the car. You want a rather serious 4WD truck - not an Urban Explorer POS that can barely mount a curb. Although a car would probably be ok until Edmonton or Grande Prairie assuming it has all-season tires. Toronto does not normally mount all-season tires.

Since you have clearly not done this before, you will need to pack the following:

  • Arctic-grade clothing, deep-snow boots, snowshoes
  • 2 spare tires. Real ones, not the temporary spare most vehicles carry.
  • Tire patch kit and air compressor.
  • tire chains, shovel
  • enough extra fuel to make the whole trip
  • Candles, camp stove + fuel, week's worth of food (water is readily available)
  • an itinerary, with checkpoints and call-in times left with someone you know. This person will need to report you missing if you miss a checkpoint.

This is a great trip in the summer.

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