Alone Season 10: Saskatchewan

Ten survivalists are dropped off alone along the shores of Reindeer Lake in northern Saskatchewan to begin the competition. Early days are spent setting up camp, testing bows and fishing gear, and having first encounters with local wildlife including black bears and owls. Several contestants land quick wins with grouse and lake trout, while others lose gear such as arrows to missed shots. No one taps out in the premiere.

• Alan Tenta has an emotional encounter with a great horned owl that he connects to his late father
• Lee DeWilde builds a log raft and sets productive fishing nets by day 5
• Luke Olsen loses an arrow while unsuccessfully stalking a black bear
• Cade Cole loses his entire arrow quiver while tracking a bear trail

With camps established, contestants move into longer-term shelter and food-gathering projects. Wyatt Black lands a large pike using a homemade gill net, while Taz Ramos Dos Santos builds a working canoe from spruce saplings and then nearly loses his catch in a smoker fire. Mikey Helton struggles with hunger and briefly gets turned around while hunting off-trail. Everyone remains in the game at episode's end.

• Taz's spruce-sapling canoe floats successfully but he later burns his smoked fish and gear
• Wyatt catches a large pike he estimates will provide 8-10 meals
• Mikey nearly gets lost while hunting without marking his trail

Hunger and exhaustion catch up with the group as the season reaches its first tap-outs. Lee DeWilde, who prioritized building a log cabin over food gathering, taps out after his net comes up empty day after day, and Ann Rosenquist follows a day later after experiencing dizziness and heart palpitations. Meanwhile Alan Tenta finally breaks a fishless streak with a lake trout, and Cade Cole nearly starts a forest fire while cooking his first bow-killed grouse.

Out this episode: Lee DeWilde (day 18, medical), Ann Rosenquist (day 19, medical)

• Season's first tap-outs: Lee on Day 18 and Ann on Day 19
• Alan catches a five-pound lake trout after six fishless days
• Cade nearly causes a forest fire cooking his first arrow-killed grouse
• Alan releases a pine marten caught in his trap rather than killing it

Wildlife becomes a recurring thief this episode as martens and wind repeatedly steal contestants' food and gear. Luke Olsen taps out after developing a severe gastrointestinal illness and a close encounter with a mother bear, choosing to prioritize his family. Jodi Rose follows soon after, tapping out after finishing her log cabin but finding she can't overcome missing her family as food dwindles. Melanie Sawyer improvises fishing lures from personal items to land her first pike.

Out this episode: Luke Olsen (day 20, medical), Jodi Rose (day 22)

• Pine martens repeatedly raid Taz's and Wyatt's food stores
• Melanie fashions fishing lures from a sweater, a Band-Aid wrapper, and underwear and catches her first pike
• Jodi completes her log cabin, nicknamed 'Lost Cabin,' just before tapping out
• Cade begins making arrows from beer cans with heat-treated broadheads

With six contestants remaining, food scarcity and cold begin to take a physical toll. Cade Cole, still processing a recent personal loss, faints for nearly an hour from dehydration and exhaustion and becomes the season's fifth tap-out. Alan Tenta rebounds from an empty net with a four-fish haul topping 5,000 calories, while Wyatt Black loses his lucky fishing lure to a pike and has to fashion a replacement.

Out this episode: Cade Cole (day 23, medical)

• Cade faints for roughly 57 minutes before tapping out
• Alan lands four lake trout in a single day after previously coming up empty
• Wyatt loses his 'gold hellfire' lure to a pike, then loses its replacement too
• Mikey catches a field mouse and makes a dreamcatcher from its skin

The five remaining survivalists weather a severe multi-day windstorm without anyone tapping out. Wyatt Black lands a 15-20 pound pike and builds a smoker to preserve it, while Taz Ramos Dos Santos builds a second gill net and hunts grouse after his first net is lost. Melanie Sawyer discovers a large blueberry patch the same day her woodshed is destroyed by falling trees, and several contestants record emotional messages to loved ones.

• A storm with winds up to 41 mph damages shelters but nobody taps out
• Wyatt catches a 15-20 pound pike he estimates at 10,000 calories
• Melanie's woodshed is destroyed by falling trees the same day she finds a three-acre blueberry patch
• Mikey records a private birch-bark message to his wife

In the storm's aftermath, the five remaining players push through continued food scarcity. Wyatt Black reveals a serious hidden injury, a stick that impaled his forearm about a week earlier, raising the possibility of a medical pull, but he keeps fishing and hunting successfully. Taz Ramos Dos Santos discovers his food cache has been ruined by maggots, while Alan Tenta has to release non-target birds caught in his gillnet and works through painful memories of his late father.

• Wyatt reveals a self-inflicted stick wound he had hidden for about a week
• Taz loses a roughly 10-day food supply to a maggot infestation
• Wyatt kills a grouse and a red squirrel with his first shots and lands a 3-pound whitefish
• Melanie recovers from three days of storm-exhaustion to harvest hundreds of blueberries

Snow arrives and food grows scarcer for the five remaining contestants. Mikey Helton turns a mouse infestation into an opportunity, trapping and eating them while making pemmican and fruit leather to stretch his supplies. Taz Ramos Dos Santos, having lost dozens of pounds and increasingly overwhelmed by isolation, becomes the season's sixth tap-out on day 40, choosing to reunite with his children over continuing.

Out this episode: Tarcisio "Taz" Ramos Dos Santos (day 40, medical)

• Taz taps out on day 40 after gillnet troubles and severe weight loss
• Mikey makes pemmican and fruit leather and traps mice for food
• Wyatt performs a celebratory dance on reaching day 40 despite a lingering wound
• Melanie processes reindeer moss and rock tripe for winter storage

Down to four contestants, isolation weighs heavily as the group pushes past the six-week mark. Alan Tenta celebrates his birthday by landing his largest catch of the season, a six-pound cisco. Melanie Sawyer, admitting she wasn't emotionally prepared for such prolonged isolation, taps out on day 43 to reunite with her partner, while Wyatt Black finally removes a three-quarter-inch wood splinter he had missed for two weeks.

Out this episode: Melanie Sawyer (day 43)

• Melanie taps out on Day 43, admitting she wasn't emotionally prepared for the isolation
• Alan catches a six-pound cisco on his birthday and makes a fish-filet 'cake'
• Wyatt removes a splinter he had missed in his arm for two weeks
• Mikey forges a nail into a working bush knife

With only three contestants left, the competition becomes a grinding test of endurance rather than dramatic exits. Mikey Helton, now down roughly 67 pounds, leans on trapping rodents and eating reindeer moss to get by. Wyatt Black survives a chimney fire during a 50 mph windstorm and lands a large pike, while Alan Tenta discovers possible parasites in a lake trout and boils the meat as a precaution. All three push through to the following episode.

• Wyatt's shelter chimney catches fire during 50 mph winds; he rebuilds it with stone
• Mikey has lost roughly 67 pounds and turns to trapping small rodents
• Alan finds possible tapeworm cysts in a lake trout and boils the meat to be safe
• Temperatures drop toward freezing, signaling the end of easy fishing

The final three battle brutal, near-freezing conditions as the competition reaches its climax. Mikey Helton is found to have cold-related injuries during a medical check and voluntarily taps out on day 55 rather than risk permanent damage. James "Wyatt" Black endures frostbite and a shelter fire before deciding on day 64 that he has completed his personal journey and steps down. That leaves Alan Tenta, who is surprised during his day-66 medical check by a message revealing he has won the $500,000 prize.

Out this episode: Mikey Helton (day 55, medical), James "Wyatt" Black (day 64)

• Mikey is found with cold injuries to his toes during a medical check and taps out on Day 55
• Wyatt's shelter catches fire on Day 58 but he keeps going
• Wyatt taps out on Day 64, saying 'mentally, I feel whole. I feel complete'
• Alan Tenta is declared the Season 10 winner on Day 66, the last remaining contestant