Gold Rush: White Water

Dustin Hurt faces the ultimate dilemma: Risk his life and financial ruin by purchasing and mining one of the most legendary and inhospitable claims in Alaska or play it safe in the known white water of McKinley Creek. As the old saying goes ... Fortune favors the bold.

Dustin's new Nugget Creek claim is said to hold life-changing deposits of gold. But Dustin and his crew must survive the most remote and inhospitable corners of Alaska to get it. It's a race to get in the water before Mother Nature lands her first blow.

With vital supplies running dangerously low at their remote Nugget Creek claim, Dustin attempts the impossible. Meanwhile, Kayla tackles the most dangerous diving conditions they've ever seen.

Battling the raging whitewater at Nugget Creek, Dustin and crew must build a safe harbor for their dredge. Meanwhile, legendary miner Fred Hurt returns to help solve the mystery of the pilings gold.

A medical emergency threatens to end the season before it begins. Meanwhile, Kayla fights to gain access to her new claim, by building a 400-foot walkway into the sheer cliffs high above Nugget Creek.

Out of fuel and out of options, Dustin risks his life on a resupply mission, navigating the raging Alaskan white water in the driver seat of his unproven airboat. Kayla comes face to face with a collapsing snow bridge in order to reach her claim. One wrong step could send her season crashing down.

With a windowmaker looming over the dive site, Dustin takes a new dredging approach that lands him in the path of Nugget Creek's roughest waters. Meanwhile, an emergency at Kayla's site threatens to sideline one of the miners.

An unexpected storm tears through Nugget Creek, putting their dive sites and dredges in severe jeopardy. Dustin doubles down on his airboat gamble. Mounting pressure causes a potentially season-ending explosion.

With Dustin M.I.A. the crew take matters into their own hands hellbent on getting to the gold on Nugget Creek. But bad blood between crew members derails the momentum and Mother Nature deals a killer blow, obliterating the creek beyond all recognition.

In the aftermath of a 40-year storm, Dustin and Kayla return to their claims to find them completely unrecognizable; the two crews stage the mother of all comebacks to recover, risking their lives as they turn rock bottom into bedrock gold.

Weeks of battling Mother Nature has the crew at Nugget Creek running on empty -- but seeing a 4-ounce nugget is all the motivation Dustin needs to take charge of his season.

The collapse of a snow bridge sends a tidal wave of water ripping through Nugget Creek, leaving Dustin and his crew directly in its path. Rumors of a fabled gold-rich layer of hardpack have Scott seeing red.

In desperate need to find gold, both crews must dive to survive, leading them to make risky decisions that almost cost crewmembers their lives. Still, at every turn, Dustin and crew continue to fight the demons of Nugget Creek to reach a big payday.

Last week's gold haul has the miners seeing nothing but dollar signs -- and they are venturing straight into the mouth of the dragon on a quest for more. Unfortunately, Dakota Fred returns to find the crew pushing themselves too far.

Dakota Fred locks horns with a 50-ton monster in the ultimate treasure hunt for life-changing gold. Dustin's crew refuses to yield to the looming danger above, and Kayla's crew makes a monumental discovery that could turn their season around.

A monster typhoon is on a collision course with Nugget Creek, threatening to rip the gold from Dustin's grip. With both crews on the verge of striking life-changing gold, they're prepared to stand their ground and fight back against the coming storm.

The fate of the mining season relies entirely upon the next 72 hrs. Will Dustin and his crew dig themselves out of the deepest hole ever and uncover Nugget Creek's legendary gold, or go home bruised and broke?