Episode
Mountain Men: Alaska: The Fire Within
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Mountain Men
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2023-12-14
- Runtime
- 63 min
Episode context
Alaska: The Fire Within is Episode 16 in Season 12 of Mountain Men. It aired on 2023-12-14. The runtime is 63 min.
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Episode 15: Alaska: Cold Pursuit
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.
Episode 17: Alaska: Snowbound
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.
More episodes from this season
Episode 14: Alaska: In the Crosshairs
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.
Episode 18: Alaska: Born to Run
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.
Episode 13: Alaska: Grizzly Standoff
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.
Episode 12: Alaska: Flying High
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.
Episode 11: Alaska: Land of Promise
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.
Episode 10: King of the Mountain
On his 80th birthday, Tom builds a teepee while Nancy plans a surprise party.
Episode 9: Untethered
Jake and his dogs tree three cats in one day; Paul prepares his haul of winter fur for market and explores a new piece of land to call his own.
Episode 8: Backcountry Battle
Kidd and Harry traverse through intense whitewater to reach the spawning grounds of steelhead trout. Jake loses his dogs after they follow lion tracks into remote and unfamiliar territory. Paul checks his traps and takes home the biggest prize on the mountain. Eustace mills massive beams to repair a deteriorating dock at a local marina. Aron and Jen mill all their own lumber and rebuild a cabin roof.
Episode 7: Mountain Marathon
Tom begins the countdown to his 80th birthday; Jake and Anika tow a broken snowmobile down the mountain but run into fresh lion tracks and are back on the hunt; Paul sets out to take on a wolf pack.
Episode 6: Ice Cold
Jake spends the night in the mountains after his snowmobile breaks down; Paul traps for mink and pine marten; Eustace helps a friend buy and assemble an antique sawmill; Aron and Jen harvest 12,000 pounds of ice from the lake.