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Profiles of some of the men who choose to live off the grid in the unspoiled wilderness, where dangers like mudslides, falling trees and bears are all part of everyday life.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Mountain Men Season 12 Episode 11 - Alaska: Land of Promise
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    #1 - Alaska: Land of Promise

    S12:E11

    Marty returns to his trap line to find it destroyed by wildfire. Mike hunts an elusive herd of Kodiak elk. Lauro and Neil Eklund journey down the Yukon River by log raft on a quest for beaver and fish. Cub prepares for a winter of isolation at his remote coastal cabin. Bret and Ivy traverse a risky shortcut, and uncover a prize set of moose antlers on their Alaska Range trap line.

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  2. Mountain Men Season 12 Episode 12 - Alaska: Flying High
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    #2 - Alaska: Flying High

    S12:E12

    Marty instructs his teenage daughter, Noah, as she pilots the bush plane. Mike hunts a herd of Kodiak bison, and donates the meat to friends in town. Lauro and Neil check their traps and fishing nets on the Yukon River. Cub forages for shellfish and edible plants. Daniel sails through stormy seas while on a deer hunt to feed his family of six.

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  3. Mountain Men Season 12 Episode 13 - Alaska: Grizzly Standoff
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    #3 - Alaska: Grizzly Standoff

    S12:E13

    In the interior, Marty Meierotto puts the stalk on a group of caribou, but the hunt takes a wild turn when a family of grizzly bears comes charging toward his camp.

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  4. Mountain Men Season 12 Episode 14 - Alaska: In the Crosshairs
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    #4 - Alaska: In the Crosshairs

    S12:E14

    Marty embarks on a moose hunt, luring a bull within his sights; Mike's relentless pursuit of foxes yields a collection of prize pelts; as Bret sets his sights on trapping wolves, Ivy balances duties at the homestead.

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  5. Mountain Men Season 12 Episode 15 - Alaska: Cold Pursuit
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    #5 - Alaska: Cold Pursuit

    S12:E15

    Marty has a near death experience when he plummets through ice on a frozen waterway; meanwhile, Lauro journeys deep into the untouched backcountry by dog team to establish an expedition camp.

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  6. Mountain Men Season 12 Episode 16 - Alaska: The Fire Within
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    #6 - Alaska: The Fire Within

    S12:E16

    Buried under record snowfall, Marty fights to heat his cabin and maintain his trapline; Lauro and Neil brave the icy Yukon River with their sled dogs, while Mike ingeniously crafts a driftwood windmill to power his homestead.

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  7. Mountain Men Season 12 Episode 17 - Alaska: Snowbound
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    #7 - Alaska: Snowbound

    S12:E17

    Marty digs his bush plane out from a deep snow drift to preserve his one lifeline in the bush; Bret and Ivy escape an avalanche from their cabin roof before embarking on their journey back to home base.

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  8. Mountain Men Season 12 Episode 18 - Alaska: Born to Run
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    #8 - Alaska: Born to Run

    S12:E18

    Marty escapes a blizzard and flies home from the trapline to reunite with his family; Lauro runs a 100 mile dog race and gets closer to qualifying for the Iditarod; Daniel takes down a black bear to provide meat for his family.

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  9. Mountain Men Season 14 Episode 1 - Life on the Line
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    #9 - Life on the Line

    S14:E1

    Marty guides Noah through her first bush plane landing at a remote caribou camp while Mike hauls a 50-foot gangway across land and sea to his Kodiak homestead.

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  10. Mountain Men Season 14 Episode 2 - Family Tradition
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    #10 - Family Tradition

    S14:E2

    Marty flies to new hunting grounds in search of an elusive caribou herd and Lauro and Neil build a trapping and fishing camp to help feed their sled dogs.

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  11. Mountain Men Season 14 Episode 3 - Bloodline
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    #11 - Bloodline

    S14:E3

    Chance and Soraya slaughter a ram to provide meat for their growing family while Lauro begins preparation for this year's Iditarod by taking his team on a fall training run.

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  12. Mountain Men Season 14 Episode 4 - Icebreaker
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    #12 - Icebreaker

    S14:E4

    Bret and Ivy bust through sheets of lake ice to ferry critical equipment to their cabin by boat and Lauro and Virginia use the dog team to haul fresh cut timber from the forest for a log cabin build.

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  13. Mountain Men Season 14 Episode 5 - No Way Down
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    #13 - No Way Down

    S14:E5

    Lauro guides his dog team through frozen wilderness to reach Neil at a remote trapping camp. On his homestead, Mike digs a root cellar into the hillside. Ivy hunts grouse while Bret preps for the upcoming season by building and boiling his gear. Chance and Soraya begin building a log barn to shield their livestock from winter. In Montana, Jake makes a daring climb to save one of his stranded dogs.

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  14. Mountain Men Season 14 Episode 6 - Double Impact
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    #14 - Double Impact

    S14:E6

    While hunting for meat, Mike crosses paths with a prowling brown bear and her cub. Chance races the first snow to finish his livestock barn. Lauro and Neil smash through thick river ice to harvest beaver and fish. Bret and Ivy scale their cabin roof to install solar panels and power their homestead with clean energy. Meanwhile, Paul hits the jackpot on his coyote and beaver traplines.

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  15. Mountain Men Season 14 Episode 7 - The Thundering Herd
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    #15 - The Thundering Herd

    S14:E7

    Mike journeys to an uninhabited island to hunt a herd of wild buffalo with help from the local natives; Lauro pushes himself training for the upcoming Iditarod with a grueling 260-mile run through the Alaskan wilderness.

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  16. Mountain Men Season 14 Episode 8 - Freefall
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    #16 - Freefall

    S14:E8

    Lauro begins the longest Iditarod in the history of the famous sled dog race; Mike hunts elusive and rare silver foxes along the shoreline of Kodiak Island; Chance works to support his family through sub-zero temperatures on the trapline while Soraya prepares for the imminent arrival of their new baby; after a lifetime in the wild, Tom finally contemplates retiring from trapping; Jake has a terrifying day when his dog takes a 50-foot dive from a tree.

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  17. Mountain Men Season 14 Episode 9 - Into the Unknown
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    #17 - Into the Unknown

    S14:E9

    Marty rebuilds a snowmobile from scratch before facing off with a wolverine menace on his trapline; Lauro feels the fatigue on the Iditarod trail and makes a wrong turn in the dark; Bret and Ivy ascend high into the Alaska Range to hunt dall sheep.

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  18. Mountain Men Season 14 Episode 10 - Triumph and Tragedy
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    #18 - Triumph and Tragedy

    S14:E10

    Lauro barrels to the finish line of the Iditarod along the frozen Bering Sea coast; Mike fights to salvage his Kodiak Island homestead after a bear invasion; Chance makes a push into uncharted territory on his trapline; Jake corners a tomcat.

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  19. Mountain Men Season 14 Episode 11 - Backcountry Call
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    #19 - Backcountry Call

    S14:E11

    Lauro embarks on a new solo adventure with his dog team across the unforgiving Arctic wilderness; Bret and Ivy run into trouble when their traps vanish under several feet of solid ice; Chance's bold push into new trapping territory pays off big, leaving him and Soraya with a haul of marten to skin; Jake chases down the giant tom lion that gave him the slip a week earlier; Paul taps the raw power of pure skunk essence to concoct his most potent trapping lure yet.

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  20. Mountain Men Season 14 Episode 12 - Changing of the Guard
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    #20 - Changing of the Guard

    S14:E12

    Tom goes for one final ride on the trapline to pull his last sets before passing the torch to Sean and Hank; Jake has a showdown for the ages when three lions are cornered in a single tree; Marty makes a last ditch run at the wolverine that has decimated his trapline all season; Lauro explores the Arctic sea ice by dog team and hunts caribou on the frozen tundra; Mike races to rebuild his cookhouse in the wake of a devastating bear invasion.

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  21. Mountain Men Season 14 Episode 13 - Tom Oar's Secrets From the Wild
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    #21 - Tom Oar's Secrets From the Wild

    S14:E13

    Tom Oar shares his hard-earned survival secrets forged through a lifetime of experience living in the wild.

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  22. Mountain Men Season 6 Episode 16 - To Every Thing There Is a Season
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #22 - To Every Thing There Is a Season

    S6:E16

    Marty ends a failed season with a blockbuster catch; Tom stands his ground against a powerful beast; Preston and Eustace fight fire with fire to lay down roots for the next generation.

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  23. Mountain Men Season 13 Episode 3 - The North Slope
    7.8/10(7 votes)

    #23 - The North Slope

    S13:E3

    Lauro travels north with his team of sled dogs to hunt caribou; Daniel rebuilds a cabin.

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  24. Mountain Men Season 6 Episode 10 - Only the Strong Survive
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #24 - Only the Strong Survive

    S6:E10

    Marty doubles down on a new strategy to keep from losing more ground; Morgan and Margaret defend what's theirs; Jason's hunt for land becomes an ordeal.

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  25. Mountain Men Season 7 Episode 9 - Altitude
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #25 - Altitude

    S7:E9

    Morgan's first flight over the peaks leaves him in a dead skid over the edge; Marty fights to double down on a big payday; Eustace bites off more than he can chew to get the job done; Jason takes River on a mountain rite of passage.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Alaska: Land of Promise" is the worst rated episode of "Mountain Men". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/9/2023. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Alaska: Flying High".