La ruée vers l'or : le défi des Hoffman

Épisode 1 - The Toddfather Returns

25 mars 2022 - 5/5

Todd's taking on this huge risk and potentially bigger reward with the team he trusts most. Todd's father Jack and his son Hunter will be making the long trek to Alaska along with a veteran crew of gold miners including Jim Thurber, foreman Andy Spinks and bush mechanic Randy Hubler.

Épisode 2 - Todd's Hot Mess

1 avril 2022 - 5/5

Todd must deliver 300 ounces of gold in just seven weeks. To make it happen, his first step is getting Hot Mess, a massive broken-down wash plant, up and running. Later, Todd goes rogue and opens a new cut behind the mine owner's back.

Épisode 3 - Mining Dirty

8 avril 2022 - 5/5

Desperate to run more paydirt, Todd fires up Big Trommel but the plant is so worn-out, Todd's nicknamed it Hot Mess. The team chases fix after fix to keep the plant running and chase their million-dollar goal.

Épisode 4 - Jack Attack

15 avril 2022 - 5/5

It's Jack Hoffman's birthday but if they want to reach their season goal there's no time for cake. Todd and his crew must solve why the Big Trommel, aka Hot Mess, is leaking out more than half the gold in the pay dirt.

Épisode 5 - Fortune in the Wash

22 avril 2022 - 5/5

To hit his million-dollar goal, Todd pushes his team to get a third wash plant delivering gold.

Épisode 6 - Ice Cold Gold

29 avril 2022 - 5/5

The crew is surprised by plummeting temperatures and a frozen wash plant.

Épisode 7 - Hunting a Big Score

6 mai 2022 - 5/5

Hunter takes on the arctic tundra when a geologist's lead points to crazy gold on the edge of the Hoffman claim. Back at camp, Andy works to turn paydirt from an ancient river channel into a big payoff.

Épisode 8 - The Mother Lode

13 mai 2022 - 5/5

The Hoffmans rush to get a vein of gold that could save their season.

Épisode 9 - Bless This Hot Mess

20 mai 2022 - 5/5

With their million-dollar goal in sight, the Hoffmans' best working wash plant breaks down and can't be repaired. Todd's last shot is to get the Hot Mess up and running during an arctic freeze.

Épisode 10 - No Gold, No Glory

27 mai 2022 - 5/5

Épisode 11 - Holy Rolling the Dice

3 juin 2022

Todd gets a jump on next season by shipping his best wash plant to Alaska.

Épisode 1 - Hoff to a Rough Start

16 juin 2023

Determined to mine a daunting 1,000 ounces of gold this year, Todd Hoffman brings a hand-picked wash plant and all-star crew to his remote Alaskan claim. When they struggle out of the gate, his son Hunter has a bold fix -- he wants to run his own plant.

Épisode 2 - Big Iron, Bigger Problems

23 juin 2023

Todd gets Holy Roller running and catching nuggets. Looking to make his mark, Hunter transports the largest wash plant the Hoffmans have ever used to the site. Unloading the mammoth wash plant leads to a mammoth fight between father and son.

Épisode 3 - Mine on the Line

30 juin 2023

Smoke from a nearby fire has the Hoffmans on edge and praying for rain. Their prayers are answered, but the torrential storms may flood the mine, leaving the team scrambling to save their paydirt. Hunter pushes to get his wash plant up and running.

Épisode 4 - Rock Blocked

7 juillet 2023

As Todd's Holy Roller plant runs non-stop, Hunter's Black Pearl plant is finally ready to wash dirt. But the mine is shut down when Hunter's plant blocks access to rocks from Todd's tailings. An epic father-and-son showdown puts the season in jeopardy.

Épisode 5 - Pirates of the Tundra

14 juillet 2023

Hunter fires up the Black Pearl and runs dirt for the first time this season but then is quickly fixing leaks and pump problems. Falling behind on his 1,000-ounce goal, Todd is desperate to find better paydirt and chases an old-time miner's drift.

Épisode 6 - Burst World Problems

21 juillet 2023

With both plants running, the competition between Todd and Hunter is on. Pushing to get ahead, Hunter works into the night, but a damaged waterline shuts down the Black Pearl. Todd is looking to pull ahead, but hose problems force him to make a quick fix.

Épisode 7 - Hold My Gear

4 août 2023

A transmission issue threatens to shut down Todd's Holy Roller, but Randy and Tater come up with a bush fix to get gold moving. Chasing better paydirt, Hunter takes a big swing with a new cut. The Hoffmans push through for the season's best weigh-in.

Épisode 8 - Warning Shots

11 août 2023

When a grizzly stalks the mine, Jack springs into action. Finding Holy Roller leaking gold, Todd races to get it fixed. When a government inspection threatens to shut the mine, Hunter sacrifices his gold count and scrambles to keep the site running.

Épisode 9 - Long Days, Short Fuses

18 août 2023

Working around the clock to hit their 1,000-ounce goal, tempers flare among the crew. When a rookie mistake shuts down the Holy Roller, Randy and Tater square off about how to get it fixed. Todd must step in to get this mine and his team back on track.

Épisode 10 - Todd's Lost Chance

25 août 2023

With winter closing in on the mine, Todd rolls the dice and looks for richer paydirt by opening the Lost Cut. The geology looks promising, but opening a new cut this late puts the Hoffmans' season at risk. Tater must keep paydirt running to both plants.

Épisode 11 - Emptying the Tank

1 septembre 2023

With temperatures plunging and pay dirt freezing, the Hoffmans scramble to make their season goal -- but machines across the mine shut down when water is detected in the fuel supply. The team races to drain and refuel engines across the site.

Épisode 12 - The Hoffmans Clutch Up

8 septembre 2023

As winter closes in on the mine, paydirt dwindles and the Black Pearl is down, Todd's 1,000-ounce goal looks out of reach. The Hoffmans gamble by running the Holy Roller day and night. Hunter races to find a new clutch for the Black Pearl.

Épisode 1 - Richer by the Ounce

14 juin 2024

Three generations of the Hoffman family risk the harsh Alaskan tundra, hoping to mine $5 million in gold. But when old-timer Jack declares it his final season, mine boss Todd and son Hunter rally their crew to devise a plan for their biggest season ever.

Épisode 2 - Quarter-Million Dollar Cleanup

21 juin 2024

As melting permafrost makes mud out of pay dirt, Andy devises an engineering longshot to prove the Lost Cut is rich with gold. As Todd and his crew dial in the wash plants, anticipation grows for what could be the Hoffmans' biggest gold weigh of all time.

Épisode 3 - Jack's Gold Dream

28 juin 2024

Hunter treks into the tundra to prospect for new paydirt before the Lost Cut runs dry. Todd secretly ships Jack's 1980s-era washplant to Alaska to fulfill his dad's original gold-mining dream, but reassembling heavy steel on-site brings its own surprises.

Épisode 4 - Gold Floats

5 juillet 2024

The Hoffmans are succeeding on an Alaskan mine site that ruined generations of miners before them. But when muddy meltwater infiltrates their wash plants, Andy must re-engineer their entire water circulation system to keep their gold from floating away.

Épisode 5 - Million-Dollar Mistake

19 juillet 2024

A shift in the weather turns Andy's routine mining decision into a potential disaster when melting ice threatens to contaminate the nearby creek with silt. Hoping to avoid a million-dollar loss, Todd attempts an engineering solution to help save the mine.

Épisode 6 - Deep Mud, Deeper State

19 juillet 2024

When state inspectors make a surprise visit to the mine, Todd braces for citations and fines. But when it appears the government could shut them down completely, the Hoffman team races to save their operation before the inspectors return with a verdict.

Épisode 7 - Gold on the Line

26 juillet 2024

When the government orders a long list of fixes, Todd's crew questions if they can work with little hope of a gold bonus. Frustrations reach a breaking point between Chambo and Andy. For Todd, it comes down to a single gold weigh to keep his crew intact.

Épisode 8 - Rigors of the Job

26 juillet 2024

As the Hoffman crew completes a marathon of government fixes in record time, Todd promises a gold bonus to everyone who completes the season. When Todd hires new miners to get the plant into operation, one greenhorn struggles with the rigors of the job.

Épisode 9 - Search and Rescue

2 août 2024

As pay dirt from the Lost Cut Mine runs low, Hunter runs dirt from a promising new location called the Plateau. Framer disappears after heading out on a solo caribou hunt, forcing Todd to turn to the Alaska Troopers for help with the search and rescue.

Épisode 10 - Jack Knows Best

2 août 2024

When the motor in Todd's Black Pearl trommel catches fire, the Hoffman crew attempts to modify the smaller wash plant Jack built decades ago to run more pay dirt. But after Todd orders round-the-clock mining to hit their goal, failures begin to mount.

Épisode 11 - Under-Mined

9 août 2024

Ice sets in early, threatening to freeze the operation. In a desperate search for unfrozen ground, Andy creates a novel solution: digging up the road they built at the start of the season to harvest the gold-rich Lost Cut pay dirt it was built from.

Épisode 12 - The Gold and the Glory

9 août 2024

Todd's crew races to beat 1,000 ounces and make a profitable final season for Grampa Jack. But with a season-ending snowfall in the forecast, the rich pay dirt they need may be in the last place an old-school miner would ever look.