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This season opens as a polar vortex sweeps across the nation and plunges America into a brutal early winter.

Tom Oar is behind on his winter preparations because he's spending time with family in Florida and facing a possibly life-changing decision. Will he sacrifice leaving the mountain man lifestyle behind to live closer to his family?

In the Ruby Valley, a bloody encounter with a mountain lion leaves Rich Lewis's lead hunting dog Brandy in a life or death situation, and could end her career forever. Marty Meierotto takes advantage of a break in the harsh weather to embark on his annual trip to the Great Alaskan Range, but this year instead of leaving his wife, Dominique and their daughter Noah behind he's taking them with him.

And in New Mexico's rugged and relentless High Desert, we meet Kyle Bell who is teaching his son Ben the dying ways of the mountain man lifestyle.

• When it originally aired, Winter's Wrath was an 80 minute episode. It was only during re-runs that the episode was cut down into two separate episodes and the content of the second episode was then titled The Darkness.

  The original season, as broadcast, had 15 episodes.

  Mountain men new season 2018-2019 renewed Tom Oar is forced to take matters into his own hands and push dangerous wolves away from his property. Archived from the original on January 11, Facing a seven-month winter season, the pair work hard, with the help of their neighbors, to prepare. June 15,

  The re-run season has 16 episodes.

As winter tightens its grip on the nation, the mountain men fight the elements to stay alive. In New Mexico's Cimarron Valley, Kyle Bell and his son Ben scramble to save a herd of bison from a fast approaching winter storm.

In North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, Eustace Conway and his friend Preston brave the wettest winter in decades to stop a dangerous landslide from washing out a rural road. In Montana, Tom Oar prepares himself for the fight of a lifetime after a run in with a pack of wolves while Rich Lewis braves a blizzard to put meat on his table for the winter.

And deep in Alaska's wilderness Marty Meierotto and his family settle into their new remote surroundings.

• When it originally aired, Winter's Wrath was an 80 minute episode. It was only during re-runs that the episode was cut down into two separate episodes and the content of the second episode was then titled The Darkness.

  The original season, as broadcast, had 15 episodes. The re-run season has 16 episodes.

In the Yaak Valley, the growing wolf population comes knocking on Tom Oar's door, and quickly turns into a blood feud. In Alaska, Marty Meierotto's traps are coming up empty, causing him and his family to regroup and figure out how they're going to survive the season. In the Ruby Valley of southwest Montana, Rich Lewis bags enough meat to survive the winter, but his battle has only begun as hungry predators catch the scent.

In North Carolina, Eustace Conway struggles to bring a year-old sawmill back to life to keep his property in the black. And in New Mexico's Cimarron Valley, Kyle Bell puts his year-old son's mountain man skills to the test on his first hunting trip.

Kyle gives Ben his first horse. Eustace starts making a lumber-shed. Tom gets a buffalo hide.

In Montana, Tom Oar's experiment on a lucrative bison hide goes up in flames. And in North Carolina, Eustace Conway puts his ingenuity to the test to build a wood-burning truck from scratch.

Marty sets out on foot to cut a new trap line and salvage his season. While Tom goes back to his roots to bow hunt a buck with hand-crafted arrows.

In New Mexico, after a failed first attempt, Kyle Bell's son Ben steps up again to break a wild young colt. In the Revelation Mountains, a voracious wolverine threatens to derail Marty Meierotto's season for good, and in North Carolina, Eustace Conway puts his wood burning truck to the ultimate test.

In Alaska, Marty's gamble on new country pays off. The polar assault brings Eustace's progress in North Carolina to a standstill. And far north in Maine, Charlie breaks the ice to finally cash in on some fur.

In Maine, Charlie battles a coyote to protect his new trapping ground. Tom hunts down a nuisance animal in Montana's Yaak Valley and Eustace races against a storm in North Carolina to bring his horses to shelter.

Mountain men season 13: Tom and Sean face off against a coyote threat; Eustace and Raleigh enlist some much-needed help building their lookout cabin; Jason takes one final crack at creating Ozark steel; Morgan and Margaret push deep into the back-country in search of a stream where the fish are jumping; and Kidd and Harry run rapids to secure grazing land for the summer. Archived from the original on September 27, When it originally aired, Winter's Wrath was an 80 minute episode. June 23,

In Montana, Rich tries to protect a young family from a hungry predator while Tom Oar battles the bitter cold to build a primitive teepee. And in Maine, one wrong step has Charlie Tucker fighting for his life.

Marty launches a last ditch escape from the Revelations, and a deadly predator returns to the Ruby Valley.

These are Mountain Men's closest calls. While chasing mountain lions, Rich Lewis comes face to face with a cougar feet off the ground. His dogs take him deep into a dangerous cave and force him into a fight for survival against the elements.

Marty Meierotto almost takes a nosedive to his death in his bush plane. He's left stranded at night with no survival gear and he faces a desperate struggle to hunt down enough meat to make it through the winter. In the Yaak, Tom Oar fights back deadly wildfires and grizzly bears to save his only asset in life--his home. Eustace Conway risks it all to chase armed poachers off his land.

And finally, in Maine, a high-speed snowmobile crash almost takes Charlie Tucker out for the season.