Who Is Lee Ray DeWilde from Alone Season 10? What Happened

Spoiler note: this covers how his run on Alone season 10 ended.

Lee Ray DeWilde was 59 when he arrived at Reindeer Lake in northern Saskatchewan for Alone season 10, making him one of the older contestants the show has cast. He's from Huslia, Alaska, and per our contestant page his background is remarkable even by Alone standards: a pilot and former high school principal, one of fourteen children raised and homeschooled in the wilderness along the Yukon, Koyukuk, and Huslia rivers by his father and Native mother.

His run ended early. He finished 10th of 10, lasting 18 days before starvation, compounded by hunger and emotional strain, forced him out. Reindeer Lake proved stingy with fish for several of the season's contestants early on, and for DeWilde the math of building a shelter while running a calorie deficit didn't close. He committed hard to construction in his first weeks, and every hour spent on the build was an hour not spent putting food on the fire, a trade that catches even seasoned bush hands.

Quick facts

Detail	Value
Season	Alone (US), season 10
Age at filming	59
Hometown	Huslia, Alaska, USA
Placement	10th of 10
Days lasted	18
Tap-out reason	Starvation, compounded by hunger and emotional strain

What he carried

DeWilde is one of the season 10 contestants with a complete gear list in our records, and it's a classic hunter-trapper kit: a bow and arrows, snare wire, fishing line and hooks, a ferro rod, an axe, a saw, a multitool, a cooking pot, paracord, and a sleeping bag. Notably, no food rations: all ten slots went to tools and equipment, a confident bet on procurement that the lake didn't reward. Contestants who skip rations are wagering they can out-fish and out-hunt the deficit, and when the fish don't cooperate in the first weeks, that bet gets expensive fast.

A life that reads like the show's premise

DeWilde's biography is the part of his story that outlasts an 18-day run. Pre-season coverage reported that he was born in the woods of the Yukon with his father acting as midwife, and didn't see another community until age 15, when he first flew in an airplane. That flight apparently stuck: he became a pilot, reportedly started an aircraft charter business back home in Huslia, and later served as a high school principal there. Coverage of the season also noted that his brother, Ricko DeWilde, is a cast member on National Geographic's Life Below Zero, making them one of the few sibling pairs split across competing survival franchises.

As of mid-2026 there is little fresh public reporting on him, which for Alaska bush residents usually means life carried on as normal. We'd expect the flying and Huslia community life to continue, but that's inference, not reporting.

Why his run matters

Alone's results routinely humble impressive resumes, and DeWilde's exit shows the gap between a lifetime of subsistence skills and the show's specific, brutal constraint: a fixed spot you can't leave, in unfamiliar territory, with only ten items. For the full standings, see our season 10 page. Our Alone rules explainer covers tap-out mechanics, and our winners page shows what it took to outlast Reindeer Lake that season.