---
title: "Highway 39 road conditions to Mackenzie | PG Pulse"
description: "Highway 39 from Prince George to Mackenzie: closures, accidents, roadwork and highway cameras, live from DriveBC."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/39/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/39.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-11-06T05:39:37.039Z
---

# Highway 39 road conditions to Mackenzie

Mackenzie Highway, from Prince George to Mackenzie: closures, incidents and roadwork from DriveBC.

Updated 4 min ago

DriveBC reports no closures on Highway 39 right now.

Also in effect: 1 road condition notice.

Conditions change fast. DriveBC is the official source: [drivebc.ca](https://www.drivebc.ca/), or [1-800-550-4997](tel:+18005504997).

[Events](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/39/#events) [Cameras](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/39/#cameras) [Town forecasts](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/39/#towns)

## DriveBC events on Highway 39

### Road conditions and other events (1)

- Road conditions
  Slippery sections on Highway 39, between the start of Highway 39 (Mackenzie Junction) and McIntyre Drive (Mackenzie)
  146 km from Prince George · updated Nov 5, 8:49 p.m.
  **DriveBC details**
  Slippery sections on Highway 39, between the start of Highway 39 (Mackenzie Junction) and McIntyre Drive (Mackenzie).

[DriveBC map](https://www.drivebc.ca/) [DriveBC delays](https://www.drivebc.ca/delays) [DriveBC advisories](https://www.drivebc.ca/advisories) [City street closures](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/road-closures/)

Source: [DriveBC road events (BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit)](https://www.drivebc.ca/). [Report a data problem](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/feedback/?kind=correction&page=%2Fhighways%2F39%2F&subject=Data+problem%3A+DriveBC+road+events+%28BC+Ministry+of+Transportation+and+Transit%29)

## Highway 39 cameras

Camera list updated 5 min ago

DriveBC lists no cameras on this stretch.

Source: [DriveBC highway cameras (BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit)](https://www.drivebc.ca/cameras).

## Forecast along the way

Forecasts read 21 min ago

Environment Canada’s forecast for the towns on this route, nearest to Prince George first.

- ### [Mackenzie](https://weather.gc.ca/en/location/index.html?coords=55.340,-123.100) 160 km
  Issued Nov 5, 7:04 p.m.

Source: [Environment and Climate Change Canada city page forecasts](https://weather.gc.ca/).

## Before you drive

**Winter tires:** Signed highways need winter tires or chains on board October 1 to April 30; some highways outside mountain passes or high-snowfall areas end March 31. [Province of BC](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/driving-and-cycling/traveller-information/seasonal/winter-driving)

### Other highways out of Prince George

- [Highway 16 west to Vanderhoof, Burns Lake, Smithers, Terrace and Prince Rupert](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/16-west/)
- [Highway 16 east to McBride, Tête Jaune Cache and Jasper](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/16-east/)
- [Highway 97 north to Mackenzie junction, Pine Pass, Chetwynd and Dawson Creek](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/97-north/)
- [Highway 97 south to Quesnel, Williams Lake, 100 Mile House and Cache Creek](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/97-south/)
- [Highway 27 to Fort St. James](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/27/)
- [Highway 26 to Wells and Barkerville](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/26/)

Distances are straight-line from the centre of Prince George. Events, cameras and road weather are DriveBC’s own data, refreshed every 10 to 15 minutes; we add nothing to them.

## More in Getting around

[See all in Getting around](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/browse/#getting-around)

- [Getting around Bus, airport, trains, roads](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/getting-around/)
- [Next bus Live arrivals](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/tools/next-bus/)
- [Bus routes Schedules and stops](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/bus-routes/)
- [Road closures City streets closed now and soon](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/road-closures/)
- [Snow day and closures School closures, bus cancellations, plow priorities](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/snow-day/)
- [Gas prices City averages, stations, propane](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/fuel/)

## Data

Machine-readable data behind this page, from the free PG Pulse API (https://princegeorgepulse.ca/developers/).

### Events, cameras, road weather and passes

Source: [DriveBC road events, highway cameras and road weather stations (BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit); high elevation forecasts by Environment and Climate Change Canada](https://www.drivebc.ca/). Licence: Open Government Licence – British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/policy-standards/data-policies/open-data/open-government-licence-bc); forecasts: Environment and Climate Change Canada Data Servers End-use Licence (https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/licence/readme_en/). Updated 2026-11-06T05:35:57.437Z.
JSON: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/highways/39

- **id**: 39
- **name**: Highway 39
- **highway**: 39
- **alias**: Mackenzie Highway
- **to**: Mackenzie
- **bbox**: -123.25,54.95,-122.85,55.4
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/39/>
- **cameras**: _none_
- **roadWeather**: _none_
- **passes**: _none_

#### counts

- **closures**: 0
- **major**: 0
- **incidents**: 0
- **construction**: 0
- **conditions**: 1
- **upcoming**: 0
- **total**: 1


#### events

| id | kind | type | subtypes | severity | headline | summary | description | closed | updated |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| drivebc.ca/RIDE-105360 | conditions | ROAD_CONDITION | HAZARD | MINOR | ROAD_CONDITION | Slippery sections on Highway 39, between the start of Highway 39 (Mackenzie Junction) and McIntyre Drive (Mackenzie) | Slippery sections on Highway 39, between the start of Highway 39 (Mackenzie Junction) and McIntyre Drive (Mackenzie). | false | 2026-11-05T20:49:59-07:00 |

_Nested fields (roads) are in the JSON version._

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