“Scooter’s Truck Disappears into a Deadly Blizzard Drift—Todd and Lisa Fight for Survival on the Ice Roads ❄️🚚🌌”

In a heart-stopping turn of events on November 19, 2025, veteran ice road hauler Scott “Scooter” Yuill and winch‑truck driver Muskie Todd Friesen split from the main Muskie Creek convoy and barrel deeper into the frozen wilderness, triggering a crisis that threatens both their mission and their lives.

As a recent blizzard leaves behind perilous snow drifts, Scooter’s rig mysteriously vanishes — prompting Muskie Todd to call for backup, while Bill Danh, operations manager of Muskie Creek Ltd., scrambles to send reinforcements.

Scooter and Muskie Todd (real name Todd Friesen) — two well-known faces in the revived Season 12 of Ice Road Truckers — depart from the six‑truck convoy in hopes of making better time on the return run.

Their goal is to reach a remote outpost near Hudson Bay, a leg that promises to be the most treacherous of their journey.

But under the cover of swirling snow, disaster strikes: Scooter’s heavy-duty rig becomes engulfed in a massive snow drift left behind by the blizzard, and disappears into the white abyss.

Muskie Todd, sensing something’s gone wrong, radios in a distress call to Bill Danh.

“Scooter’s gone,” he shouts over the wind.

“He’s stuck in a drift — I tried backing him out, but something’s not right.

” Bill, recognizing the severity of the situation, wastes no time dispatching reinforcements to the coordinates Todd gives him, including a bulldozer and additional drivers, to try and rescue Scooter’s rig.

Meanwhile, Lisa Kelly, longtime driver and another central figure in the Muskie Creek operation, pushes forward with Todd, desperate to complete the mission.

The two face relentless conditions: wind whipping off the ice, visibility reduced to near zero, and the constant threat of the ice itself failing beneath them.

Despite the danger, Lisa remains calm, barking orders.

“Hold your line, Todd,” she urges.

“We can’t let this slip — the load’s too important.”

Back at base, Bill Danh organizes a rescue team.

He regrettably tells one of his reinforcement drivers, “If we don’t free Scooter’s truck, the whole convoy could lose critical time — not to mention risk the safety of our drivers.

” The bulldozer, cutting through high drifts, inches its way toward the presumed location of Scooter’s rig, as heavy snow continues to fall.

Every minute counts.

As the rescue unfolds, flashes of Scooter’s earlier journey haunt the scene: his heated radio check-ins with home, where his two daughters told him how proud they are; the tension as he strained his brakes on a previous ice crossing; and even moments of vulnerable exhaustion when he admitted over the radio, “I don’t know how much more I’ve got in me.”

After hours of painstaking recovery, Muskie Todd successfully tugs Scooter’s rig backward out of the drift.

The rig’s groaning frame emerges from the snow like a wounded beast.

But relief is fleeting: Scooter’s brakes are frozen solid, likely locked up from the freezing wind and packed ice.

Using a special “cage tool” — a piece of gear designed for just this sort of emergency — he works his way to unfreeze them.

With Todd’s help and sheer determination, they manage to free the brakes, and Scooter’s rig rumbles back to life.

Once reunited with Lisa, the three drivers press on toward their destination.

Exhausted but resolute, they complete the mission and reach the community they’ve been striving to supply.

Scooter, visibly emotional, checks in via radio with his family: his voice cracks as he hears his daughters tell him how proud they are.

The moment galvanizes him, giving him the final push.

But the peril isn’t over yet.

On the return run to Muskie Creek, Todd and Lisa make another push — only to discover that one of the offloaded trucks is missing its cargo.

Bill’s reinforcements, alerted earlier, arrive with the bulldozer team.

Together, they mount a coordinated effort through the night, struggling against dark, icy terrain, to haul the stranded trucks back to safety.

The tension peaks in a grueling 16-hour rescue operation: drivers load one truck to Lisa’s haul, planning to tackle Todd’s rig in the morning.

Eventually, with sheer grit, they free both vehicles and begin the slow push home.

As dawn breaks over the frozen, stark landscape, Scooter, Lisa, and Muskie Todd make their way back to Muskie Creek.

Their convoy rolls in battered but intact, the success of their mission cemented by sacrifice, courage, and unbreakable teamwork.

Bill Danh, reflecting on the operation, says, “That was the kind of run that defines what Muskie Creek is all about.”

For Scooter, this near-disaster has left its mark.

The emotional check-ins with family, the life-or-death struggle buried in a drift, and the grueling fight for the rig’s survival — it all begs the question: how far will he go next time? And as Todd Dewey contemplates whether he’ll return next season, one thing is clear: the ice roads are as unforgiving as they are majestic, and for Muskie Creek, the journey is never over.