The BEST episodes of Gold Rush: White Water season 9
Every episode of Gold Rush: White Water season 9, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Gold Rush: White Water season 9!
Gold miners Dakota Fred and his son Dustin are back – returning to McKinley Creek Alaska, determined to make a fortune no matter the risk. But to find the big gold payout, they'll put their lives on the line by diving deep beneath the raging waters of one of Alaska's wildest creeks.
#1 - Chasing Waterfalls
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/25/2025
Dustin Hurt and his loyal crew head deep into the remote Alaskan wilderness in their most ambitious, difficult, and dangerous season yet. They risk their lives in Alaska's raging creeks, searching for a life-changing pile of gold nuggets.
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#2 - Season-Ending Blow
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/2/2025
Dustin disappears after a season-ending injury, leaving the crew to save their skyline with a risky "break it to fix it" plan. The new, but not improved, "deuce sluice" dredge pushes Dustin to the edge, but a win lifts crew morale, reigniting their drive.
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#3 - The Beginning of the End
Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/6/2025
Dustin hits rock bottom as he's forced to abandon The Wall dive site after spending all season digging down a deadly 20 feet. The crew finds a new site they call The Golden Straits, and it's now a race to find a season-saving pile of gold.
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#4 - Fight for Your Life
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/16/2025
Mine Boss Dustin Hurt mounts an emergency rescue mission on the deadly Tsirku River. Meanwhile his crippling debts and lack of gold force him to push his exhausted crew to their limit, causing a fight that threatens to end Carlos' time at Nugget Creek.
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#5 - Love and War
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/23/2025
Dustin and his crew reach their boiling points as exhaustion and the lack of gold at The Wall lead to a world-class fallout. Dustin is forced to take drastic action, calling in help from a controversial source.
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#6 - "Man Overboard"
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/9/2025
On the gold, Dustin's crew inches closer to a monster payday. On a resupply mission to civilization, Wes goes missing after a life-threatening fall from the airboat into the raging 36°F river, and the crew fears the worst.
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#7 - When Darkness Falls
Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/20/2025
A darkness descends on Nugget Creek as mine boss Dustin searches for a Plan B. But his crew may be onto something at their new mine site. After battling bedrock for months, a breakthrough offers them the hope they need.
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#8 - Broken and Stranded
Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/11/2025
After an airboat disaster, Dustin and his crew are stranded in the wilderness. As supplies start to dwindle -- the crew is stretched to their limits as they desperately search for bedrock and enough chunky gold to save their mining future.
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#9 - Mutiny at Nugget Creek
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/13/2025
Desperate to find gold and save his mining career -- Dustin Hurt is ready to risk the lives of his entire crew by chasing gold at the bottom of a deadly waterfall. But an all-out mutiny changes the course of his season.
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#10 - Grave Diggers
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/30/2025
After months of hard work Dustin and his crew have nothing but bruises to show for it. Now under the scorching Alaskan sun, Dustin must make an impossible call. Keep going at The Wall or abandon site and start over.
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#11 - Winter Waits for No Man
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/27/2025
As winter starts to show its teeth, Dustin and his crew fight to find bedrock and the $100,000 in gold he needs to avoid selling his claims. A burnt-out winch causes rocks to pile up in the dive hole increasing tensions between Dustin and Danielle.
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