Mountain Men
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live your life off the grid? Have you wished you could shed the complications of modern society and live in the wilderness, using only the things nature has provided? Meet Eustace Conway, Tom Oar and Marty Meierotto, three men who have devoted their lives to survival in its simplest form. But how simple is it really? From the rugged Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to the seven-month-long winters on the Yaak River in Montana to the frigid northern range of Alaska, the country is full of some very unforgiving terrain. Watch as these men face off against mudslides, falling trees, ravaging weather and even hungry animals, to make sure they obtain the food and supplies they will need to make it through the brutal winter months ahead.
- 2012-2025
- 14 seasons
- History Channel
- Reality, Action & Adventure
- TV-PG
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live your life off the grid? Have you wished you could shed the complications of modern society and live in the wilderness, using only the things nature has provided? Meet Eustace Conway, Tom Oar and Marty Meierotto, three men who have devoted their lives to survival in its simplest form. But how simple is it really? From the rugged Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to the seven-month-long winters on the Yaak River in Montana to the frigid northern range of Alaska, the country is full of some very unforgiving terrain. Watch as these men face off against mudslides, falling trees, ravaging weather and even hungry animals, to make sure they obtain the food and supplies they will need to make it through the brutal winter months ahead.
Season 14 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2025
Episode 1
Life on the Line
Wed, Sep 3, 2025
Marty guides daughter Noah through her first bush plane landing at a remote caribou camp and Mike hauls a 50-foot gangway across land and sea to his Kodiak homestead; Bret and Ivy fend off a hungry brown bear raiding their salmon nets.
Episode 2
Family Tradition
Wed, Sep 10, 2025
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.
Episode 3
Bloodline
Wed, Sep 17, 2025
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.
Episode 4
Icebreaker
Wed, Sep 24, 2025
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.
Episode 5
No Way Down
Wed, Oct 1, 2025
Lauro guides his dog team through frozen wilderness to reach Neil at a remote trapping camp. Ivy hunts grouse while Bret preps for the upcoming season by building and boiling his gear.
Episode 6
Double Impact
Wed, Oct 8, 2025
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.
Episode 7
The Thundering Herd
Wed, Oct 15, 2025
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.
Episode 8
Freefall
Thu, Oct 23, 2025
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.
Episode 9
Into the Unknown
Thu, Oct 30, 2025
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 costly wrong turn in the dark
Episode 10
Triumph and Tragedy
Thu, Nov 6, 2025
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 catastrophic bear invasion.
Episode 11
Backcountry Call
Wed, Nov 12, 2025 42 mins
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.
Episode 12
Changing of the Guard
Wed, Nov 19, 2025
Tom goes for one final ride on the trap line 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.
Episode 13
Tom Oar's Secrets from the Wild
Wed, Nov 26, 2025 41 mins
Tom Oar shares his hard-earned survival secrets forged through a lifetime of experience living in the wild.