The WORST episodes of Yukon Gold
Every episode of Yukon Gold ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Yukon Gold!
'Yukon Gold' is a ten part series set to explore four professional gold-mining families and the competition in northern Canada.
#1 - Desperation Mode
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/15/2015
Chris and Nika's mine hand Charles gets injured, leaving them short-handed; Cam gives Donovan Cut one final try to save his season; Ken and Guillaume up their recovery system in hopes of catching finer gold.
#2 - Divine Intervention
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/25/2015
Frozen ground might put Cam's season on ice; Ken and Guillaume shut down their operation; Karl has his mid-season gold weighed.
#3 - Winter Gamble
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/1/2013
Ken uncovers a mother lode of gold after he changes the Beast's location; breakdowns threaten to bring an early end to Bernie's season; Big Al selects a final site for his sluice plant.
#4 - Bedrock Blues
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/8/2015
Karl digs deep into a new cut and comes up empty. Cam’s goal may be out of reach. Nika and Chris discover shocking news about their cut.
#5 - It's Ours to Take
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/12/2014
It’s still early in mining season, but miners are ripping through hard ground to bring in the gold. Ken’s push to move enough dirt to pay his crew by end of month is sidelined when miners he owes money to come knocking, seizing one of his sluice plants. Big Al smells gold in the ground, but has to move his massive sluice to test his theory. But when prized excavator Big Girl goes down for the count, Big Al is shut out of the new cut until parts arrive. Cam’s brother-in-law and business partner, Dennis, destroys a key piece of gear trying to crack bedrock and get at a rich seam of gold underneath. Dennis has to find a way to scrape $10,000 out of hostile ground to replace the part or face permanent shutdown.
#6 - Time Crunch
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/11/2015
Cam and his crew hurry to begin sluicing Donovan cut; Karl motivates his crew; Chris and Nika face a sluice plant breakdown.
#7 - Sluice or Die
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/13/2013
Ken suffers from mechanical difficulties. Bernie struggles with a rookie crew and Big Al has a great start.
#8 - Never Say Die
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/17/2013
Ken and Guillaume try to reverse their bad luck by moving across Moose Creek. Bernie has to deal with mistakes made by his junior crew. And Karl’s night crew is starting to slow him down.
#9 - Know When to Hold 'Em
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/26/2014
Halfway through the season, stakes are running high. Karl discovers permafrost on the cut late in the game, putting his reputation and his relationship with father Marty on the line. Ken’s dogged commitment to Moose Creek puts his marriage in jeopardy when wife Kina visits the mine and discovers Ken’s on the verge of going broke. Big Al’s push to sluice 24/7 takes a dangerous turn when his excavator Little Scratch takes a nosedive with mine hand Eric in the hot seat.
#10 - Under Pressure
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/18/2015
Stressed, Chris and Nika butt heads; Cam faces machine failures and contaminated fuel; Ken and Guillaume find traces of gold.
#11 - Run for the Narrows
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/24/2013
Cold weather threatens the miners' operations; Ken contemplates laying off half his crew; Karl's workers hunt moose after their sluice box ices over; Big Al battles beavers.
#12 - Gold Fever!
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/3/2013
With the weeks passing quickly, Ken and Guillaume's dreams of striking it big are starting to fade as they face continual equipment breakdowns and a crew member who goes AWOL. Bernie's decision to move to Snow Creek seems to be paying off, if only he can get his sons to step up and meet his expectations. Al McGregor's pay streak is threatened when he breaks a hitch trying to move his sluice.
#13 - Home Stretch
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/22/2015
Ken and Guillaume face a dangerous situation; Karl begins sluicing the drained swamp at Last Chance; Cam weighs in for his final sale.
#14 - Know When to Run
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/30/2014
The miners battle nature’s wrath in an epic final push for gold. Ken’s bid to pull 100 ounces out of hot ground goes sideways when the mine runs out of fuel, forcing him to shut down sluicing and fight his way up Moose Creek’s treacherous road in a desperate bid to get to a fuel station at the top. Karl’s race to mine Sulphur Creek out so he can stake his own claim is benched when one of his crew deals his prize sluice plant a near fatal blow. Big Al follows his gut to high stakes ground only to be shut out when his only stripping dozer goes down for the count.
#15 - For Blood or Money
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/16/2016
Big Al’s gamble on a new pit pays off; Bernie almost loses another crew member after he argues with son Justin; Ken & Guillaume race to sluice before Ken leaves for the birth of his 1st child. And Karl’s team tries to sluice 200 oz. of gold in a week.
#16 - The Curse of Moose Creek
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/27/2013
Karl must deal with mistakes his crew make and design flaws on the massive sluice his dad Marty built. Bernie packs it in at McDame and moves his operation, hoping his fortune is about to change.
#17 - No Deaths, No Worries
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/20/2013
On Sulphur Creek, young crew boss Karl has no sluice machine, and no sluice means no gold. Karl's father Marty, a highly respected self-made miner, builds a new one from scratch. While Karl waits, he struggles to keep his crew on task – and live up to his father's high expectations. Big Al tests new strategies – and new equipment – on a fresh claim. If only he could keep his machines running.
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Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/8/2013
Ken uncovers a mother lode of gold after he changes the Beast's location; breakdowns threaten to bring an early end to Bernie's season; Big Al selects a final site for his sluice plant.
#19 - Freeze Up
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/15/2013
Snow threatens to bury Ken's pay dirt; Karl ignores his father's advice; Big Al deals with failing equipment and unhappy workers as his first season comes to an end.
#20 - Hard Days Night
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/10/2013
While Guillaume Brodeur deals with moving their giant sluice, The Beast, Ken Foy must contend with a bigger challenge – a visit from his wife. Karl Knutson is shocked to learn just how quickly the season is passing, and with one water issue after another, his opportunity for a big payday is dwindling just as fast. A faulty clutch on Al McGregor’s sluice results in a shutdown; it’s a race to get it fixed and get back to work, even if it means working around the clock.
#21 - Treasure Hunt
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/24/2016
Karl uses old maps to find new gold at Last Chance and Nika & Chris get their first gold of the season, but Bernie struggles to get started, and red tape stops work on Ken & Guillaume’s new site in Atlin, BC.
#22 - What Doesn't Kill You
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/19/2014
Crews are facing life or death in the hunt for gold. Ken fights a double mutiny on Moose Creek when his moneymaker plant and experienced hand Riley both go rogue. The cost of gold hits a deadly high for Cam when veteran welder Gary is struck down on the mine and airlifted to hospital. A bear attacks Karl’s camp, forcing his crew to shut down sluicing and gun for their lives.
#23 - Embrace the Chaos
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/9/2016
Nika & Chris fight breakdowns & water problems; Ken’s pregnant wife Kina pressures him to be home for their child’s birth; Karl hunts for a new gold hot spot while Bernie’s perfectionism backfires as son Jarret goes AWOL.
#24 - In for a Penny, in for a Pound
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/5/2014
Two weeks into the mining season, miners are taking big risks for a shot at big gold. Ken discovers ultra fine gold stashed deep in the ground at Moose Creek and sinks tens of thousands of dollars into digging it out. New miner Cam bets on an old-timer streak at his mine on 10 Mile Creek. Just as it starts to pay big, a forest fire threatens to destroy the moneymaker mine and his family’s livelihood. Karl’s gamble on the dredge edge is iced when veteran operator Darwin no shows, forcing Karl to take on dangerous ground alone and decide if Darwin’s lifelong partying is more trouble than his experience is worth.
#25 - Fresh Start
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/25/2015
Ken and Guillaume travel over a dangerous mountain pass; Cam worries about getting Gary into the country; Nina and Chris have a difficult start to their season.