Episode
Mountain Men: Meltdown: Trial by Fire
Overview
Kidd and Harry go toe-to-toe with a one-ton bull; Eustace and Raleigh dig for Turtle Island's food stores; Mike braves the Kodiak interior on a bear scouting mission; Jason schools his two oldest kids on fishing and survival in the Ozarks; and Jake leads his hounds through a pulse-pounding training day.
Details
- Series
- Mountain Men
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2021-01-21
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Meltdown: Trial by Fire is Episode 15 in Season 9 of Mountain Men. It aired on 2021-01-21. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 14: Meltdown: Loaded for Bear
Mike flies into the Kodiak backcountry in search of rich bear hunting grounds; Jason rushes to complete a barn before his new herd of goats arrive; Kidd and Harry hunt down the bear that attacked their cattle; Josh creates a water supply for his growing herd of bison; and Jake turns his bear kill into food stores and profit.
Episode 16: Meltdown: No Man's Land
Mike escapes the bear-ridden Kodiak interior on foot, as Jake runs a lion on foreign ground. Meanwhile, Josh battles a prairie dog colony.
More episodes from this season
Episode 13: Meltdown: Tornado Alley
As the spring melt sweeps the mountains, Jake sets his sights on bagging a black bear for the larder; Eustace and Raleigh race against time and weather to plant crops; Mike sets out to harvest a bounty from the Gulf of Alaska; Kidd and Harry drop and haul lumber for their ranch; and Jason puts his homestead expansion on hold when a tornado comes crashing through.
Episode 12: The Big Reckoning
Josh hits the jackpot; Tom puts his handmade dugout canoe to the test; Jake makes his last stand against a massive predator; Eustace sees his dream of keeping his new land go up in flames; Kidd and Harry secure their future in the mountains.
Episode 11: Strike it Rich
Josh goes panning for gold in a quest to unearth the West's greatest treasure; Eustace fights to save his land, but must say goodbye to an old friend; Jason returns to the forge, putting his injured hand to the test.
Episode 10: Tom's Big Day
Kidd and Harry are sent into a dangerous free fall by a freak ATV accident; Jake goes on ranch patrol to protect newborn calves; Nancy gives Tom the surprise of a lifetime; Josh attempts to wrangle a feral horse.
Episode 9: Bloody Knuckles
Jake's latest mountain lion chase leads him to an angry bear; Tom and Jack take on a commission to build an ancient atlatl; Jason builds a steel trap to keep the area's wild hogs in check; Kidd transforms a large wooden boat into a summer cabin.
Episode 8: Sink or Swim
Jake's second mountain lion chase in the Ruby Valley leaves him cliffed out; Eustace and Raleigh turn scrap steel into pure profit; Kidd sets off on a whitewater excursion unlike any other; and Jason picks up the pieces after a storm drops a tree.
Episode 7: Carnage
Mike returns to the bear-infested crags of Kodiak to reclaim his mountain goat kill; Jason hunts down a wild hog to feed his family; Kidd and Harry blow up a beaver dam to save their water supply; Josh goes on the offensive against wolves.
Episode 6: Turf war
Jake tracks a dangerous mother lion and her young; Kidd and Harry go on the offensive against a pack of coyotes that is targeting their cattle; Eustace and Raleigh track a rogue black bear that's been raiding a neighbor's home.
Episode 5: Call to Arms
Mike's bear scout turns into an alpine goat hunt; Jake brings in the big dogs to settle an old score with a problem lion; Tom and Sean check beaver sets to see if their new trapping grounds will pay off; Jason leans on the family to overcome a looming deadline and a broken hand; and Kidd and Harry run a backcountry gauntlet to deliver a young horse to a remote buyer.
Episode 4: Beasts of Burden
Jason's bladesmithing business suffers a critical setback when his hand is badly cut on the job; Jake's latest lion hunt turns into a rescue mission when he discovers his dogs are on a collision course with a pack of wolves; Kidd and Harry break a colt for a backcountry client; and Josh salvages all he can from a bison that was killed by wolves.